Topwater bluefish bites are some of the most explosive and exhilarating strikes any surfcaster will experience north of the Chesapeake Bay.

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

Jim Piascik caught the new state record Hybrid Striped Bass in Monksville Reservoir on May 24, 2023.

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Forty-pound class stripers reach Cape Cod Bay and bass bust on herring from Massachusetts to Maine in this week's migration update.

Striper fishing quieted a bit in some locations, but in others, where schools of bass are staging as they wait for the big full moon tides to aid their migration north, this fishing continues to be excellent.

Forty pound stripers follow bunker schools out front, fluke fishing continues to improve in the bays and rivers, and sea bass fishing has been fantastic.