New England Striper Conditions?

[Self Jupiter]

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Dude!

[Self Jupiter]

Yes dude! One of these falls I will come back and want to try to hit a slam on the fly rod in a day, Albie, striper, blues.


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13lb PB blue

I waste so much time and gas chasing Albies this time of year

[east or bust]

fuck, I miss the salt

[spanky]

Not many stripers in the block island sound area. But the blackfish have been biting. Last Thursday near Watch Hill Light…

[Self Jupiter]

^Nice!! Caught sunrise this morning over Beavertail and the Mount Hope Bridge that had that orange color. Some big blues around this year. Sorry for shitty pics taken through a stained waterproof case.

[Brock Landers]

^^ what the fuck. That thing is thiccc. Keep all hands and feet inside the vehicle

[spanky]

That’s a nice sized blue. Did you keep it? Even if we immediately bleed them, I still can’t get into eating it. Great sport, but I’d rather throw them back.

[Brock Landers]

Same. Maybe a pate but that’s a lot of work for stuff I don’t even like.

Good tuna or shark bait though!

[Self Jupiter]

Thanks guys. I was casting into a mixed feed hoping for Albies but it turned out to be a small school of chub mackerel on bait being chased by some dinosaur bluefish and that one hit my epoxy jig. I released it. I really like smoked bluefish but I’ve never tried preparing it myself.

[Core Shot]

Blues? Great music. Bad eating. Might as well eat a falsie.
I’ve had it bled prepped and cooked proper. Blue still sucks.
But bluefish and false Albie are great fun on the reel

Striper is delicious. Tastier than a stripper. Good flakey white meat. It’s just hard to get a slot when the slot is so small.

[Self Jupiter]

[Brock Landers]

Nice size. You in RI??

[Self Jupiter]

Yup just got back. Didn’t see as much life as a few days ago but there are still fish around. Seemed like most people were blackfishing

[spanky]

Yup just got back. Didn’t see as much life as a few days ago but there are still fish around. Seemed like most people were blackfishing

Fished within a stones throw of Watch Hill Light again today. Tons of other boats in the area doing the same. Limited out around 1230. Except for a little lull around slack tide between 11-1130, lots of action but quite a few shorts.

Sunrise over Montauk


Limited out


My take

[Self Jupiter]

Fished within a stones throw of Watch Hill Light again today. Tons of other boats in the area doing the same. Limited out around 1230. Except for a little lull around slack tide between 11-1130, lots of action but quite a few shorts.

Sunrise over Montauk


Limited out


My take

It was a really nice morning on the water, saw so many migrating birds. This is my second time trying for tog. The big ones must fight like beasts.

Did you see any Albies? They were around the Narragansett/Pt Judith area just a few days ago but I didn’t see any yesterday.

[spanky]

No albies last week and none today. Quite a few slot fish, many shorts and a couple over the slot. Different venue this week and not quite New England…

[spanky]

A few from a recent outing off Montauk Point…




Lots of big fish for the past month+. Really hard to land a slot fish nowadays.

[t-the-east]

Damn 41 lbs is a solid striper. Fuck yeah dude! I miss living on Nantucket a lot this time of year.

[east or bust]

Nice spanky!

Those are sure to be some very special memories


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[Brock Landers]

Solid fish! May sucked, first half (new moon) of June sucked. But it’s picked up on cape/MA last 2 weeks

[spanky]

Thanks guys. That second fish was only 35 lbs but put up a much greater fight than the 40 lb’er.

[Self Jupiter]

Great catches Spanky. I had to travel to Maine to find some decent fishing from shore this spring. I did awful around Boston.

[Core Shot]

From a friend in ptown.
No not that kind of friend. He’s East End family guy.

[Brock Landers]

Pretty healthy “slot” fish

[Core Shot]

Pretty healthy “slot” fish

Hah. Had the same reaction. 31”? Nope. Way over. Maybe I shouldn’t have posted that. Then again he shouldn’t have posted that.

The slot is so small last year and this year.
Nothing but schoolies for me so far.