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That article was very accurate. However, it failed to mention that BI was great EVERY fall from 80 to 87. Yes , that's right, big fish nightly for 7 years from mid October to early December. I fished with a group of guys out there during that period every fall. The fishing was superletive! No day time blitzes, but the action was something else after dark. At times, big bass where all around the Island. We figured the average size fish caught one year was 33 pounds! I think the fishing was so good then because of the massive schools of large sand eels that invaded BI every fall. The sand eel s then were about the size of the standard needlefih plug we fish with today. I could go on and on about this special time in surf striper history and may write a story some day, but for now, I can only thank God thant I was fortunate enough to have experienced such great fishing!
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