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You’ve heard me talk about the “Roanoke River Experience” a term coined by my friend Joe Albea; but you haven’t heard us talk a whole lot about the “Tar-Pam Experience” in terms of striper fishing.   Jer

Striper season is here in Virginia Beach. Matador charters currently is doing striped bass fishing charters from rudee inlet in Virginia Beachand the rockfish are here and cooperating. Yesterday we did a full day inshore charter targeting striped bas

My next show stop will be at River's End Tackle in Old Saybrook CT. This popular and free event titled Striper Surf Day will be held on Sat. March 25.  It will feature sales on tackle tackle reps. demonstrations and seminars. This will be my

For those of you who like eating striped bass keeper season has come in today (Oct. 1st).  We are allowed 2 fish/day/person 18-22″ and 1 fish/day/person over 27″ in inland waters.  In coastal waters we can keep 2 fish/day/person

First of all there is some fairly good news for Jersey anglers. The summer flounder or fluke season preliminary parameters have been voted on and it looks like the season will span from May 7 to September 25 a 142-day … Continue reading →

Well I guess we were do for a slower day. We did some searching in the morning and found some life in a different area today. The first stop the fish finder lit up but we only managed a few fish. The birds kept going up and down in small areas. When

We had a great time today filming a segment of lower Roanoke River striper fishing for UNC-TV’s NC Weekend.  The show will air on Thursday Feb. 12.  It should be action packed as the fishing today was very steady.  We … Co

Due to the extremely low flows and water levels in the Roanoke from the lack of rain this winter and subsequently tough striper fishing on the lower Roanoke (by Roanoke standards) we’ve moved our base of operations home to the … Continue

Another good trip trolling along the beach front yesterday. We ended up with a total of 16 stripers with 8 decent size keepers up to 25 lbs plus plus some action on slammer blues. This is the second trip in a row that produced steady action on stripe

Fishing continues to be good on Lake Lanier. The water temperature continues to be better than normal which has really helped. The fish are really beginning to move up into the back of the creeks. Over the next few weeks the stripers will push even f

We have some great dates available for targeting trophy stripers in the 20-50 lb. range. Many times the stripers only bite on specific parts of a tide plus other factors such as wind and boat traffic can all affect the bite. Because of these and othe

Fished today with Mike in Montauk. By Montauk standards it was a slow day. We were flyfishing and that made things extra tough. Mike ended up catching a striper and a nice bluefish on the fly. Jigging was far more effective today as the fish were de

Fished with Ted and family yesterday in the bay. We caught a bunch of fluke. The fish of the day was this 24" striper that ate a bucktail while we were fluking. Lots of fish great day!

On Friday I had the Spoon River crowd from Belhaven.  Not only is Spoon River my wife’s and my favorite restaurant but it’s a very successful family business run by good hard-working people. It takes a tremendous amount of hard R

Fished with Eric and Susan Wednesday night for bass in the back. It was a beautiful night but the water temps ranged from 60-83 degrees and the fish were off the feed. Pro Tip: Mono sinks slower than fluorocarbon and is a better leader material for

Here are my latest open dates for the next few weeks.  Let me know if you’d like to hit the river for some early spring action.  I know some of you must have a bad case of cabin fever by … Continue reading → The post Upda

We have just completed the first couple of days of our spring striper season on the Roanoke.  Catches are ranging from 10-40 fish per half day trip which indicates we still have a ways to go to get to our … Continue reading → The po

Tony and the boys hung in there for some tough fishing.  Even though the fishing was not red hot we had a blast and enjoyed a nice winter day with low winds and some partial sunshine.  The Tar looked like … Continue reading →