I'm still catching but getting way less than in past years. In places where I would catch a half a dozen fish a few years ago, I am lucky to get one fish. This applies to the many places I have fished in the Bay as well as along the oceanfront from shore. The same results have happened in my kayak fishing. A lot less this year than in other years.
If there is any good news here, it's that there are some decent size stripers around. Roughly half of the stripers that I have landed this spring have been slots. But, once again, the numbers are not there.
The hottest lure for me in the last week or so has been an Albie Snax in a white color and rigged with a BKK Titan Rider Hook (size 5/0). The fish have been fussy, and the Snax has worked better than anything else in my bad of tricks. Easy to fish- twitches of the rod tip and reel in slowly with an occasional stop.
It seems that boaters are scoring much better right now than the shore guys. Their advantage is that they can cover a lot more water looking for fish. Those fishing the Bay and backwaters are also doing better than those fishing out front.
Good luck if you get out this holiday weekend.
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