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I think the feeding habits of stripers have changed over the past ten years. Ten years ago i caught loads of fish (Falmouth, Cape Cod) at the mouths of herring runs in the spring. The past two years the herring runs have been dismal, and the fish aren't in those spots in the same numbers. But the past two years when I go out in May and fish in areas where the bass are feeding on squid, I catch more fish than ever.
It's been the same in the Fall, when the peanut bunker are around. There haven't been as many PB around the past two years, so the bass aren't congregating in those areas like they used to.
I've done very well the past two years fishing in rocky areas. I believe the bass are keying in more on crabs, scup, sea bass, lobsters etc than they are herring and pogies.
Anglers need to try new spots every year, and experiment. Just because you caught a lot of fish in a spot 5 years ago, doesn't mean it's going to be good this year. Many of my old honey holes have dried up the past few years, but I've also found some new ones that have been great.
I think there are more stripers around than ever, they're just changed they're feeding habits and aren't neccesarily in the same spots they were 5 years ago.
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