Shoreline Stripers: First Shot Spring Spots & Tactics
NJ’s 2019 striper season officially reopens, with a half-dozen hotspots to get you started
Surf
Fishing an Outflow: The Overlooked Jig
No less productive today than in seasons past, the jig could be the perfect lure for fishing deep current.
Setting Up an Efficient Surf Belt
This vital piece of equipment provides an added measure of safety and efficiency to the surf game.
Lip Service: Making Plugs Work for You
Here’s how you can modify plastic-lipped swimming plugs to bring your success in the surf to another level.
How and Why: Changing Beaches
Some valuable insight into the dynamics that cause both subtle and dramatic changes to our Island’s shorelines.
Plug Building: The Fishmaster Flaptail
Resurrect this striper catching classic for some heart-stopping surface strikes this season.
The Magic of Tides
Tides are among a short list of key factors that directly affect fishing success.
Plug Building: The Hawg Hunter Pencil
Looking back at a Canal classic with appeal up and down the Striper Coast.
Surf Strategy: Walk It or Work It
Go light in the daytime summer surf, and prospect a little bit in advance of the fall run.
Prime Time: When the Tide Slacks
Change is what triggers any uptick in striper fishing.
North Shore Surf: Summertime Blues
During the dog days of summer, stripers may be a bit reclusive, but schools of small blues are often ready to please.
Winter Sudsin’ Scale Down Stripers
Another late start to the fall should bode well for holiday striper action in the surf.
Surf Shot: Subtle Sand Eel Solutions
When finicky stripers feed on sand eels in the surf, it’s the little things that make all the difference.
Summer Stripers: Feed ‘Em an Eel
Casting eels at night in the August surf is the surest way to fend off the summer doldrums.
The Night Shift: Big Plugs for Bigger Stripers
Sometimes you have to “go big” or “go home” when it comes to plugging the surf at night for large striped bass.
Schoolie Time: Scale Down for Stripers
Several strong up and coming year classes provide hope for the future and lots of fun for those who downsize their tackle.
