Mole crabs make a surprisingly good bait for summer stripers in the surf.

Big presentations for big stripers with the new JoeBaggs Patriot Fish.

Soaking a clam bait on a sun-warmed, outgoing tide is a great way to search for your first keeper of the season.

Look to structure to find the bait and the migrating fish feeding on them.

This down-and-dirty bait produces stripers when all other methods fail.