Striper Migration Map

The striper migration is slowly coming to a halt as ocean temperatures rise and bass seek cool, forage-rich environments to spend the summer months.

Large bass continue to press north through New Hampshire and Maine where anglers are reporting migratory fish up to 50-pounds.

Stripers are settling into summer dwellings around places like Block Island while bunker schools fuel the final stages of the migration in northern New England.

The days leading up to the new moon might have been a little lackluster (for a June new moon), but since the moon, the bass (and bait) have dialed it up to 11 in parts

The highly-anticipated June new moon is here, and stripers are slowly preparing to settle into their summer dwellings.

The dark nights and big tides of the upcoming new moon could bring the final big movement of this year’s early-running striper migration.

In this week’s striper migration report, Assistant Editor Matt Haeffner dives into the influx of sand eels from Long Island to Cape Cod Bay, herring-fueled cow bass in Boston and hickory shad showing up on

Trophy-sized stripers are staging along the coasts of northern New Jersey and western Long Island where they're feeding on bunker pods to energize for the last legs of their migration through Connecticut and northward towards Rhode Island and Cape Cod.

In this week’s migration report, OTW’s Assistant Editor Matt Haeffner covers the shifting bass behavior prior to the June full moon, stripers on squid in the rips off of Cape Cod, and herring schools in

The June Full Moon.