Okay I have gone stripier fishing around Columbus day and want to know is fishing better during the spring/summer or fall
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best time to go striper fishing
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Do the stripers go through the canal during the summer like they do in the fall only reason is my dad gets sea sick very easy and it's hard to have fish bite when they are already full
They are through the canal all the time, you just have to time it right and use the right stuff.
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They are migrating 2 times a year, You have a chance to catch something this spring.
Just be prepared that fish may be not small.
Cape Code canal worked for me last time.
Around here the local lore says that it is time to start bass fishing when the cherry trees bloom. It isnt exact but pretty darn close.
There are always holdovers, guys have been been catching them all winter, schoolies, but bass just the same. Bigger fish, close to shore are usually seen as early as April and May. If you want big fish, go at night when they actively feed. The canal can be great fishing but you really need to know what you're doing there to be successful. You can catch stripers from May - November, you just need to find them. Throw live eels and live mack's and they'll find you!
End of the season is when I catch my biggest bass. Always in the Canal fishing chunk bait or live bait. Dont be afraid of fishing during the day. Morning and night are always productive
Like booze monkey said late fall for the monsters. But they are catchable year round. The Thames river by Mohegan Sun has quite a few wintering schoolies.
I have fish on the canal since I was 10 I turn 16 in may always only fall I have fished on the canal i was thinking around the middle of June once school is done
Oops....thought this was about strippers not stripers......NM.![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
me too, i didn't know what stripper fishing was, thought it was some new fad or something
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Early morning get to the canal before sunrise. Early may is generally when I start. Gotta find a decent spot where the bottom isn't to harsh. Be prepared to lose oodles of lures till you figure out a spot or two
Sunrise and sunset are only half the battle. Read the tides too. Might take a couple of tries to figure out when they come in and go out but I'm partial to near dawn outgoing tides or near sunset incoming.
