Fired Up Striper Fishing in Winter
Start the New Year with a bruiser Chesapeake Bay bass.
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Striped bass are one of the most popular game fish targets for Northeast U.S. anglers. Check out the latest fishing tips and techniques for catching striped bass.
Start the New Year with a bruiser Chesapeake Bay bass.
The pot-belly striper-white bass, cross-bred fish was caught by a walleye angler trolling Monksville Reservoir.
The fishing management areas will not open to anglers in 2022 for stripers because a new review of the 2021 bass stock assessment shows the population of linesiders is low.
Light tackle has churned up the striped bass fishing in the eastern shore shallows.
An anadromous species that spends part of its life in salt water and part in fresh, striped bass rank as the most popular game fish for the northeastern U.S. coast. These fish range from Maine through northeast Florida and in select Pacific locations from California to Washington. The species also has been introduced to freshwater lakes throughout the Southeast.
The targeted fishery for stripers, also called rockfish, occurs primarily from Virginia through Massachusetts. Stripers are structure-oriented fish; when found in open water, they’re generally following bait pods. Anglers use a variety of methods from trolling to casting topwater plugs to lure these feisty gamefish.
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