2019 Striper Migration Map
We’ve reached our final Striper Migration Map of 2019! Big bass have settled in along the coast and we should see some great bites on the new moon tides as we head into the Fourth of July holiday. We marked four areas that have been giving up big stripers, but there are plenty of places that could produce your new personal best. Keep sharing your catches with us on social media using the tag #stripermigration.
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New Jersey Striper Report
Summer fishing season has settled in along the Jersey Shore. Bluefish, fluke, black drum, and kingfish are getting more attention from inshore fishermen as the striper fishing has slowed with warming ocean water.
• Read the Southern New Jersey Fishing Report
• Read the Northern New Jersey Fishing Report
New York Striper Report
Big bass on the South Shore of Long Island have shifted east from Fire Island to Montauk and Block Island. On the North Shore, larger bass are spreading into the central sound from the west.
• Read the Long Island Fishing Report
Connecticut/Rhode Island Striper Report
Striper fishing is finally improving in eastern Connecticut as big bass move east from the western Sound. The Race has given up some big bass, and Block Island bassing has been hot with big fish to 50 pounds.
• Read the Connecticut Fishing Report
• Read the Rhode Island Fishing Report
Cape Cod/ Massachusetts Striper Report
Big bass are chasing mackerel in the Cape Cod Canal and occasionally into Cape Cod Bay. Bass in the 20- and 30-inch-class have filled in the Monomoy rips. Fishermen around Boston Harbor and along the North Shore are seeing good numbers of mid-40-inch stripers.
• Read the Cape Cod Fishing Report
• Read the Massachusetts Fishing Report
New Hampshire/Maine Striper Fishing Report
After a slow start, bass to 30 pounds have finally arrived along the New Hampshire Seacoast and in southern Maine.
• Read the New Hampshire/Maine Fishing Report
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no one going to address the crashing stock. Its ok ! Apparently the NE corridor is all 30 pounders! Hooray!
Fake news. I think the agenda they put in place 5 years ago to replenish the bass stock still is not producing old school results. I think it was worse than what they thought. There has been one keeper caught that I have seen, in 9 trips to the canal. And it wasn’t me.