Get the Drift You Need
If you’re traveling far and wide this month, you may be missing the very best of the season’s inside action.
Inshore
Bunker Snag and Drag
Take advantage of the spring bounty of adult menhaden for a shot at the first wave of large striped bass.
Fishing The Squid Grounds
Savvy fluke fans know that fluke will seek out the spawning grounds of squid that migrate inshore to feed and lay their eggs.
Weakies & Hardheads
The croaker and weakfish have a complex relationship that’s forcing anglers and academics to take notice.
Live Bait Basics: Hook‘em Right
Live baits are deadly medicine on big stripers but how you present them can make a big difference.
Plugging for Squid: The Art of Eging
Catching squid is no longer limited to vertical jigging after dark under crowded dock lights.
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.
