Yup they are still around. This was one of the big surprises of the day. I was out for stripers this morning and I did land good numbers of them.  However the bite quickly faded.  At that point I noticed something else going on in front of me- albies breaking way out. Not a lot of them but occasional lone fish or a few at a time breaking.  I kne...

How do you imitate a small one inch bay anchovy? Think small offerings that have the right  movement and profile. I was into a big blitz of stripers today that lasted from morning till evening.  The stripers were feeding on huge schools of small bay anchovies.  We are talking bait about and inch long. Put millions of those together in massive sc...

It was one lone striper yesterday in the kayak in the Bay.  I found no schools of bait. Two words describe the current fishing along the oceanfront- NOT CONSISTENT. I know a lot of this involves the whacky weather we have been experiencing lately.  Still I've gone down one day and had a great day and the next day with the same conditions will pr...