NY and NJ May 2012

May kicks off the season everyone’s for everyone’s favorite flatfish, the summer flounder. In this month’s issue, learn how to catch the fluke of a lifetime. Refine your springtime approach by targeting trophy stripers on the troll. Get the rundown on one of the Northeast’s best striper surfcasting spots and take a relaxing canoe paddle through the Adirondack ponds where big brook trout lurk.

Features

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  Trolling Tactics for Spring Trophies

  by Captain Steve Purul

  Bunker spoons and diving plugs catch cow stripers in the ocean while most anglers are still fishing the bays.

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  Fly-Fishing Shelter Island

  by Don Avondolio

  Visit this Peconic Bay island for great spring action with stripers, blues and weaks.

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  Island Beach State Park: A Surfcasters’ Paradise

  by Shell E. Caris

  Island Beach is one of the last natural barrier beaches along New Jersey’s coast. It is a 9-mile strip bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and Barnegat Bay on the west. In the 1700s, William Alexander, or Lord Stirling, a wealthy businessman, inherited some land which included Island Beach. At that time it became known as Lord Stirling’s Island.

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  Delaware River Bass Trinity

  by Angelo Peluso

  Catch three species of bass in one river in one day!

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  A Fish Swims in Brooklyn

  by Mike Dean

  Escape the city for a few hours and join the Sheepshead Bay party boat scene.

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  Welcome Mats

  by Zach Harvey

  Fish hard this spring to increase your odds of boating the double-digit fluke of your dreams.

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  Quality Time

  by Joe Bartnicki

  Inspire a passion for fishing in your children and they’ll be by your side, on the water.

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  Stillwater Trout in the Adirondacks

  by Ken Bezio

  Start your season right with beautiful scenery, a quiet canoe paddle and plenty of hungry trout.