First One Landed!

It's the first one from the oceanfront
for me this year. Expect good
numbers of them in the coming week.

I landed my first striper of the year from the oceanfront today, a fish I would call a "scout". In striper fishing lingo, a scout is one of the early arrivals that makes it's way ahead of the main body of fish. I suspect this was a scout because it was the only one that I landed. I'm guessing within a few days, we will begin to see greater numbers of them as schools of migrating stripers arrive.

The fish was about 20 to 21 inches. It was caught on a white, 3 inch NLBN paddle tail. I fished several locations along the oceanfront, but this was the only hit I had from late afternoon into the evening.

On the blog I had predicted the first fish would be caught on April 15 and that's just what happened. Last year I got my first one on the 15th also. Yes, they do follow a predictable pattern.

Here's another prediction- I'll have my first keeper within the next 10 days!

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