Inshore: The First Stop For Big Stripers
Raritan offers one the best chances at a big striper for start of the ’25 season.
Striped Bass
Robin’s Promise: Early Start To Stripers
A spot that promises some of the first Peconic stripers of the season.
One Fish: Certain Events I Couldn’t Discuss
“Be careful out there. I can hear them breaking from here.” Ernie was changing the oil on the inboard marine…
FINAL DAY FOR OUTBACK STRIPERS & SEA BASS IN NEW JERSEY
As the sun set along the upper stretches of the Barnegat Bay last New Year’s Eve, I walked away from…
ASMFC STRIPER DECISION: NO CHANGE TO ’25 REGS, BUT POSSIBLY ‘26
The striped bass regulations for 2025 will remain the same as they are now. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission…
STRIPER DEADLINE! PUBLIC COMMENTS DUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10
Up to 60-plus days of striped bass harvest in the recreational striped bass fishery are on the chopping block for…
South Jersey Stripers: Late Season, Early New Year Surprises
The bite will come for Atlantic and Cape May counties, it’s just a matter of when.
Catch ‘Em While You Can: Last Shot Stripes
The last good push of stripers will come during the month of November.
Boating Bass: Lure-By-Lure Breakdown
A series of lures and techniques will work from the boat for stripers this fall.
Thanksgiving Blessings: Sand Eels & Surf Stripers
First the mullet, then the menhaden, now bring on the lances!
Boat Some Bass: Early Jersey Shore Striper Blast
If history should repeat, October could rock for striped bass at the Jersey Shore.
First Alarm Stripers: Let The Fall Games Begin!
Surfcasting is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.
Migration Mindset: Exploiting Urgency & Competition
When striped bass feel the urge to migrate, things get wild in the surf.
Unblinded By Science: Gliders, Biotelemetry & Striper DNA
How innovative techniques are expanding ocean fisheries data collection
Personal Striper Notes: Migration Patterns, Timing & Size Class
In the July edition of The Fisherman, the feature story “Striper Quest ’24: A Day Of Tagging & New Findings”…
Summer Stripers: Go Weightless
The lure of weightless soft plastics can turn on a tough summer bite.
