2019 Striper Migration Map
Big striped bass continue to head up the coast. The trophy striper bite continues off northern New Jersey and western Long Island, and a slug of big bass trickled into Rhode Island waters this week. As we approach the new moon, things should pick up in Massachusetts waters. Make sure you’re signed up for the Striper Cup!
Follow along as we track the Striper Migration. You can help by contributing to our weekly map updates—simply share your striper fishing reports here, and on social media with tag #stripermigration.
Chesapeake Bay Striper Report
Spawning-size stripers have left the bay. Trolling, light-tackle jigging and chumming are all producing school-sized striped bass.
New Jersey Striper Report
In southern New Jersey, trophy striper fishing has slowed down as the big bass have moved north. There are still good numbers of 30-inch-class fish being caught off LBI, but most fishermen are finding better action on big bluefish. Raritan Bay fishing has picked back up, and big bass have been reported on Shrewsbury Rocks and off Sandy Hook.
• Read the Southern New Jersey Fishing Report
• Read the Northern New Jersey Fishing Report
New York Striper Report
The western south shore continues to produce big bass from 25 to 45 pounds for boat fishermen trolling mojos and bunker spoons. The East End is seeing more big bass into the 30-pound class, but not many. Big bass continue to hold in western Long Island Sound, with fish in the 30- and 40-pound range hitting trolled mojos and bunker spoons.
• Read the Long Island Fishing Report
Connecticut/Rhode Island Striper Report
Western Long Island Sound continues to produce stripers in the 30-pound-class and a few 40s and 50s as well. The size of the striped bass along the Connecticut coast is slowly improving. A good slug of large bass have moved into Narragansett Bay, with 40- and 50-pound fish reported this week.
• Read the Connecticut Fishing Report
• Read the Rhode Island Fishing Report
Cape Cod/ Massachusetts Striper Report
Schoolie stripers from 12 to 18 inches continue to dominate the catches around Cape Cod. Bigger bass have been scattered, with some 30-inch-class fish on the rips in Vineyard Sound and the occasional 30-pounder reported in Buzzards Bay and the Cape Cod Canal.
Keeper-sized bass continue to spread throughout the Boston Harbor and the North Shore, but schoolies still dominate in Plymouth Bay, Boston Harbor, and Plum Island. A few bigger bass to 40 inches have been caught around mackerel schools off the South Shore.
• Read the Cape Cod Fishing Report
• Read the Massachusetts Fishing Report
• Read the New Hampshire/Maine Fishing Report
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Caught my first stripah of the season finally!!
18-20incher off of Plum Island, Newburyport
10pm – mackerel chunk
The sign in front of Johnson’s Bait Shop, Cook’s Crossing, says “Stripers are in.” They are correct. I took a dozen bloods to Thomas Point yesterday and caught 4 schoolies (17-18 inch) in 15 minutes. I kept the balance of the bloods on ice overnight, and use them today to catch and release 2 more. The fun has just begun.
Martin in Freeport.