Stripers & Blues

10 stops along the fall striper migration where you can follow bass from Labor Day to Christmas.

Big schools of bunker (menhaden) have made a comeback and fuel big-bass bites from the Jersey Shore to Long Island and from Mass Bay to Maine.

SPRO has expanded their Power Bucktail line to add heavier weights and custom combinations of bucktail hair, vinyl strands, and long hackle feathers.

The colliding currents, big boulders, and sand beaches at the end of Long Island become a striped-bass playground from early summer to late fall.

August is worth a second look from anglers willing to expend some extra effort to catch the bass that quietly slip by ahead of the main migration.

On The Water’s Jimmy Fee and Andrew Burke provide some tips and tricks for fishing (and surviving) the Cape Cod Canal.

New topwater striper plugs from Patrick Sebile's lure company, A Band of Angler's.

There's no place like the Cape Cod Canal where extreme tides and current call for specific lures.

When targeting schoolie or “slot-size” stripers, downsize your tackle and baits.

Using live eels remains one of the most exciting ways to catch stripers from shore.