New Jersey
• Large stripers are being caught under the bunker schools from Long Beach Island to Ocean City, and some keeper sized and larger fish have been appearing in the surf all the way south to Cape May.
• Big stripers of 30 to 50 pounds are feeding heavily on bunker off Ocean and Monmouth counties.
• For the most part, the fish have stayed out of reach of the surf fishermen, but favorable winds could push the bait and bass within reach.
• The Raritan Bay is producing big numbers of quality stripers, with 20-pound and larger stripers being caught regularly by boat fishermen.
New York
• Big stripers that have finished spawning in the Hudson River have moved into western Long Island Sound.
• Larger bass are moving along the South Shore of Long Island, but big schools of bluefish have made getting through to the bass a challenge at times.
• Stripers up to 20 pounds are spreading along the South Fork of Long Island, with big fish showing up in the inlets.
New England
• 40-pound-plus bass have been reported in western Long Island Sound.
• More bass, up to 30 pounds, have been reported outside the Connecticut River on the shoals of eastern Long Island Sound.
• Bass to 30 pounds are shadowing bunker schools in Narragansett Bay.
• Stripers over 30 pounds have been reported along the Elizabeth Islands and in Vineyard Sound.
• Stripers over 20 pounds have been reported in the Cape Cod Canal and in Cape Cod Bay, chasing mackerel.
• Still mostly schoolies and a few small keepers from Plymouth and Boston Harbor.
• Keepers to 36 inches are being caught in the Merrimack River.
• Schoolies have been confirmed as far north as Casco Bay, Maine.
Fished Chatham South Beach again Sunday 5/25. All schoolies 18 inches and under near the new breaks south of Chatham Light. On the Water should visit these new breaks sometime in the fall. birds, seals, stripers galore…
I was out last Saturday when the wind was blowing 30kts. We had to tuck into Eel pond and my client caught shad and schoolies! Never knew shad went up the oyster river into the pond?
Connecticut river has been in full swing for two weeks 5/26/14 caught 17 & 19 lbs stripper.
Im on vacation in Old Orchard beach in Maine. Just caught my first striper of the year off the beach. It was very small about a foot long and just over a pound in weight but they are here.
much bigger fish at old orchard very soon
30+ inchers southern maine
I’m heading to Parson’s Beach, just north of Wells, ME this weekend. I’ll let you know how it is.
Hopefully I’ll get striper’s thumb.
Nothing going on at the Canal…soaking wet Ghost town this morning…hope the weekend is better..
Caught a 30″ striper in the mouth of the North River (Marshfield) on June 9, 2014 at low tide using mackerel caught earlier that morning about 3/4-mile out.