When I was in my teens, Thanksgiving largely marked the end of the saltwater striper season in New Jersey. That’s not to say there weren’t opportunities beyond that, but well before Christmas it often ...

Bundle up and beat the crowds by fishing the New Jersey surf at night. The striper bite is best in the dark this time of year. The post Fall Night Fishing for Jersey Striped Bass appeared first on ...

A pair of recent papers, led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published in Fisheries Research and ...

I’m paraphrasing here, but I get this a lot via DM and email: _Hey Joe, I’m headed to the beach with the family this summer and I want to catch striped bass . Where should I go and what should I bring ...

Halloween and Thanksgiving traditionally bookend what most East Coast surf anglers consider the peak of the fall run of striped bass from Southern Massachusetts through Northern Maryland. When I was ...

Striped bass are here, and anglers are catching them. So I thought I would share three ways that seem to be working to catch them. It's important to note that striped bass are in tough shape. They are ...

In a recent study at UMass Amherst, biologists looked at specific catch-and-release practices for striped bass, catching 521 ...

This month, we had two major recreational fishing regulation decisions that will take effect in 2025 — one for Atlantic cod and one for striped bass. Striped bass regulations will be the same for next ...

While there are only four official seasons in the year, anglers in the Northeast recognize a fifth: striper season, the ...

The fall run of striped bass is on its final act, while tautog and sea bass fishermen are hunting the wrecks for big fish ...

After agreeing earlier this fall that beleaguered Atlantic striped bass may be urgently in need of additional protection, East Coast fishery managers have chosen instead to take more time to “get it ...