First keeper

[Got Stripers]

I’ve been having fun getting back into the surf and catching schoolies in the rocks by the summer cottage on white horse beach. Tons of rocks and I’ve been broken off a few times, in fact today at 3:45 on a whim the wife and I go to the beach and I brought a rod. Bathing suit only and kayak shoes don’t I hook up after a few and a decent fish cuts my braid off quickly. I retie and wade back out and ten minutes later a 30” fish hammers my 6” jerkbait and I managed to work her thru the boulders and since my son and family love striper and I haven’t keep one in probably six years I walked home to filet her. On a hot beach day lots of spectators wanting a look and I left plenty of fish the same size that followed her in. Thankfully the water is warm enough for just some swim shorts, I plan to break out the waders and try a night trip on a good tide.

[nightfighter]

Great report, Bob!

[Guppy]

Sounds like up there is the sweet spot… nice !

[Raven]

good goin man

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

I’ve been having fun getting back into the surf and catching schoolies in the rocks by the summer cottage on white horse beach. Tons of rocks and I’ve been broken off a few times, in fact today at 3:45 on a whim the wife and I go to the beach and I brought a rod. Bathing suit only and kayak shoes don’t I hook up after a few and a decent fish cuts my braid off quickly. I retie and wade back out and ten minutes later a 30” fish hammers my 6” jerkbait and I managed to work her thru the boulders and since my son and family love striper and I haven’t keep one in probably six years I walked home to filet her. On a hot beach day lots of spectators wanting a look and I left plenty of fish the same size that followed her in. Thankfully the water is warm enough for just some swim shorts, I plan to break out the waders and try a night trip on a good tide.

Throw the yak in with some eels paddle left once it gets dark and hang on.
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[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

I’ve been having fun getting back into the surf and catching schoolies in the rocks by the summer cottage on white horse beach. Tons of rocks and I’ve been broken off a few times, in fact today at 3:45 on a whim the wife and I go to the beach and I brought a rod. Bathing suit only and kayak shoes don’t I hook up after a few and a decent fish cuts my braid off quickly. I retie and wade back out and ten minutes later a 30” fish hammers my 6” jerkbait and I managed to work her thru the boulders and since my son and family love striper and I haven’t keep one in probably six years I walked home to filet her. On a hot beach day lots of spectators wanting a look and I left plenty of fish the same size that followed her in. Thankfully the water is warm enough for just some swim shorts, I plan to break out the waders and try a night trip on a good tide.

I know the spot. I thought we talked it about before . Farther to the left in a yak with eels after dark . Hold on if their in and I wouldn’t use anything less than 50lb long leader and 8/0 circle but the results speak for

[Got Stripers]

Originally Posted by wdmso

I know the spot. I thought we talked it about before . Farther to the left in a yak with eels after dark . Hold on if their in and I wouldn’t use anything less than 50lb long leader and 8/0 circle but the results speak for

Oh I know how far that boulder field goes, launching my heavy PA14 on a trailer isn’t easy. The ramp is terrible and unless you want to drive on the beach, which I won’t do, it’s beach wheels and lug it down and back from the cottage. Maybe so night, but catching from the surf is fun too.

[hq2]

Well, it tells you something about how the fishing is going these days when somebody actually makes a special post about getting a keeper. I mean, 10 or so years ago, no one would even bother to make any statement about it. I personally haven't caught one in years; just a number of 24 and 25 inch tease fish, and plenty of dink schoolies. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky this weekend when I make my ONLY trip of the year specifically for stripers at the ONLY place left where I can catch them reliably. (I mean my 'yak buddy caught a nice keeper there last year, so maybe it's my turn to be lucky this year). You never know.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by hq2

Well, it tells you something about how the fishing is going these days when somebody actually makes a special post about getting a keeper. I mean, 10 or so years ago, no one would even bother to make any statement about it. I personally haven't caught one in years; just a number of 24 and 25 inch tease fish, and plenty of dink schoolies. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky this weekend when I make my ONLY trip of the year specifically for stripers at the ONLY place left where I can catch them reliably. (I mean my 'yak buddy caught a nice keeper there last year, so maybe it's my turn to be lucky this year). You never know.

You are right. 10 years ago we wouldn't keep anything under 36". Now all I see and hear about is 30" fish. hell, back in the day those were schoolies.

[Got Stripers]

I’m no barometer for the health of the striper stocks, because I stopped targeting them on purpose years back. It’s been finding good eaters to vacuum seal for winter dinners and this time of year I would typically be hitting gooseberry or Saconet points for sea bass, fluke and tog. Over three hours round trip of driving and the cost of that gas to fill up the truck has put that effort on hold.

[Raven]

up here in maine there is no striped-bass hatcheries or stocking ever. Even walleye are taboo it's trout trout and more trout. They are upscaling the hatcheries by 20 million dollars this year but no species will be added. You take a lake like Sebego that has gnarley white caps and it would be a perfect striper fishery that could feed the whole dammed state if they'd wake the hell up.

[Clammer]

I guess like always ..it depends on whose an where ya fishing