First keeper striper of the year

[hardy]

Got it yesterday in the parker river. 32 inch, felt good to have the fight of the big fish for the first time since the fall.

 

[JonJ]

Well, where the pic?

 

[hardy]

Well, where the pic?

sending it to my email via my phone, will post in a minute

 

[hardy]

not a great picture, from a cell phone. Had some good meat on him too, pretty fat, healthy fish

 

[ScottS]

I thought the title said...well, never mind.

 

[M1911]

Plugs or bait?

 

[Kid Presentable]

nice catch!...read the subject line real fast, laughed at myself when I realized

 

[hardy]

Plugs or bait?

Bait, it was at night, so the lure options were limited. Caught it on a piece of clam with no weight on the line. I was catching a bunch of schoolies on topwater lures earlier in the day as well.

 

[45collector]

Nice catch. Saturday night I took a buddy out to Chapin Beach on the Cape.

We were using sand eels and he caught one 28" exactly.

 

[boxerjake77]

new to the salty world

looking for places to surf cast. live in south shore and need some strippers to get hooked on salt water fishing.( i love my lg/sm mouth bass to much to give up)

 

[M1911]

Cape Cod Canal is a favorite for many folks.

 

[Bob J]

Might also try on Wollaston Beach at the entrance to Black's Creek (at the southern end of the beach)....;- )

 

[trophygrl]

cape cod canal is best to fish at certain times... right now i seriously doubt you would get a striper in there.

your best bet is early morning marinas, where you see pogies jumping.

get a pogie and use that. we caught some seriously LARGE stripers last year that way.

there are also some nice ones here in buttermilk

 

[Plural of Mongoose]

I havent been out yet but keepers are being sporadically caught here on Nantucket.
All in the 28-30 inch range.
Small white Sluggo seems to be the lure of choice around these parts.
No bluefish yet. The water is still cold.

 

[hardy]

(i love my lg/sm mouth bass to much to give up)

Once you hook into a good striped bass, you will think of those other bass as bait. I still like to do freshwater early in the season to hold me over until the real fish get here, but nothing compares to fighting a big stripper, the record is 52.5 pounds out at the Isles of Shoals. Realing him in was one of the best feelings I have ever had.