Plugging for Squid: The Art of Eging
Catching squid is no longer limited to vertical jigging after dark under crowded dock lights.
Inshore
Spring Weaks: Dreaming Of Tiderunners
Targeting trophy tiderunners with light tackle and artificials remains an annual spring tradition for many anglers. .
The Kayak Advantage: Chunking Back Bay Bass
Chunking bass from a kayak in the shallows provides a unique opportunity to tangle with a trophy striper in relatively calm, protected waters.
Tip Of The Month: Big Baits For Big Fluke
With size limits for fluke likely pushing the 19-inch mark in some states this season, targeting bigger fluke with large strip baits from sea robins, bunker, bluefish, mackerel and squid make a lot of sense.
Summer Flounder of Spring
As we wait to learn our fluke fate this month, here are a few summer flounder tips to tide you over until the first tides of 2017.
Soft Bait Secrets
A how, where and why look at soft baits for April black sh.
Behold! The Lowly Earthworm
Earthworms can at times be just as effective as sea worms on inshore favorites like flounder, weakfish and striped bass.
A Trophy Dozen: Where To Find Your 50-Pounder
From spring through fall, here are a dozen locations on the Striper Coast that could connect you to that mystical 50-pounder.
A Light Approach: Casting For Fluke
Casting will expand your fluke fishing skills and put more fish in the cooler.
The Blessing Of The Cursed Blues
Always willing to brawl, the spring arrival of these yellow-eyed battlers on the inshore scene is a celebrated event.
Winter Flounder, A Shore Thing
A walk down memory lane to the piers and bulkheads, where we’re reminded that the winter flounder is very much about tradition.
The Cod Is Still Winter King
When it comes to catching cod in the dead of winter, the waters off of Montauk and Block Island are tough to beat.
Hooking Soft Plastics
If you fish soft plastic and biodegradable tails, like Berkley Gulp! for fluke, you’ve probably experienced this problem; a fluke taps the bait, you gently lift the rod to set the hook, but miss the short-striking fish.
Straightening a Snelled Mono Leader
One of the items on my to do list each winter is to snell up an ample supply of blackfish hooks.
Troll More Stripers: Build a Bigger Spread
“New school” trolling techniques have broadened the options for striped bass anglers.
Tying a Deceiver
Whether used as a fl y on its own or teaser ahead of a plug, this basic pattern will serve you well.
