Monster stripers are on the move this week, with several being reported in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Larger fish are spreading throughout the Northeast, and it’s poised to break wide open with the full moon on May 29.
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Chesapeake Bay Striper Report
Most of the big bass have left the bay, but there are a few stragglers left behind.
Delaware Bay Striper Report
Same story in the Delaware Bay, the large fish have made their way to the ocean and are feeding along the beaches and inlets in South Jersey.
New Jersey Striper Report
Big stripers are feeding in the inlets in Southern New Jersey, and in the ocean waters off the central and northern coast. Stripers up to 58 pounds were reported this week from the boats and fish to 40-plus-pounds have been reported from the surf. The mix of post-spawn Delaware Bay and Chesapeake fish are contributing to the large number of large stripers in New Jersey right now.
Read the Northern New Jersey Fishing Report
Read the Southern New Jersey Fishing Report
New York Striper Report
Big stripers are being caught on the western end of Long Island, with fish to 50 pounds reported this week. Some fish are dropping out of the Hudson River, but there is still some spawning activity. The post-spawn Hudson fish typically move through Long Island Sound, and could account for the big bass being found in the western sound this week.
Large stripers haven’t quite made it to Montauk yet, but plenty of keeper-sized fish and larger are on the East End, in the bays, inlets, and along the beaches.
Read the New York Fishing Report
Connecticut/Rhode Island Striper Report
Fish to 50 pounds were reported in Connecticut this week while 30-plus-pounders have made it to Narragansett Bay.
Read the Connecticut Fishing Report
Read the Rhode Island Fishing Report
Cape Cod/ Massachusetts Striper Report
Cape Cod still has plenty of schoolies and keeper-sized fish, but large fish have been tougher to come by. Most fishermen are reporting bass to 34 inches in Buzzards Bay and along the South Side, with more reports of keeper bass coming from Cape Cod Bay.
Decent bass are now in the mix throughout the rest of Massachusetts with the South Shore rivers and Boston ledges giving up mid-30-inch stripers.
Read the Cape Cod Fishing Report
How is striper fishing on the Potomac River right now if anyone knows please?
Got a 22 incher off the Hampton nh bridge yesterday bite was real slow
Yeah i have been catching schoolies down on the mouth of the river use swim baits michael
Couth a 35inch striper and plenty of monster bluefish in peconic bay yesterday.
NH and Maine are apparently the ugly red-headed step children in the OTW family.
Caught a 19″ schoolie in Wells, Maine last weekend, looking forward to seeing what’s biting this weekend.
It has been really slow the past couple day , A couple of squeakers Every now and then. I live next to the Lynn Harbor and I want to Berkeley mass last night and nothing.
45 inches 28.8lbs caught out of the Farmington River!!!!! In Windsor CT!!!!
Caught 4 fish last 2 days in maine 32″ 30″ and 28″ southern maine topwater out going tide early evening sunny skies
What is the best bait to use in Merrimac River (NH and Massachusetts) this time of year?