09-16-2014

Well, the reports for striper fishing over the last week have really started to improve!! On the north side I have been getting very consistent reports of good surface feeds in Plum Island sound down to around Pavillion Beach and Little Neck. A bunch of guys have also been in to report that the evenings have been fishing well along the front side of Crane’s beach and up towards Steep Hill with some nice mid-30″ fish in the mix. If you feel like making the walk the Castle Neck has also had decent action but mostly smaller fish. Over on the south side the peanut bunker have arrived in good numbers and the fishing at times has been outstanding. Magnolia harbor down towards Black and White beaches have had some down right epic feeds much like years ago. The last couple of mornings have had great action in these areas. In the evening down off of Manchester and West Beach there has also been some pretty solid feeds on peanut bunker. The bait is pretty small, around 2″, but thankfully the fish do seem to be eating slightly bigger soft plastics and poppers. With the small bait the fly rod fishing has been excellent. I did also hear of some feeds up around the mouth and into Manchester harbor. Anyways, hopefully it continues for a couple more weeks but if you can find some time it’s about as good as I have seen it in quite some time. Good luck, Derek