When bunker are in thick, anglers can work the schools from top to bottom using artificial lures to fool large stripers.

At the end of Long Island, big stripers gather under the midsummer full moon.

Between the rocky bottoms of the North Shore and the wrecks and reefs of the South Shore, Long Island is blackfish heaven.

In the Big Apple's biggest striped bass tournament, great striper fishing happens in the shadows of skyscrapers.