The stripers are here! The stripers are here.
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Sean O’Donnell From the fishing boat Got Walls. He participated in Osprey Landings Fall Festival Striper Tournament this past weekend and weighed in one whopper of a bluefish. He won top youth angler prize. He is pictured with one of the Tournament sponsors
Big striped bass moved into the Delaware Bay late in the week, with numerous reports of 30 to 50 pound fish being caught according to Sterling Harbor. Their pictures are worth a thousand words.
The Cape May Rips were quiet with some stripers caught while trolling under birdplays off the beaches. Rob Ferrante of Pittsgrove, had four nice Bass up to 22 pounds while trolling Mann Stretch 25’s under the birdplay’s off of Ocean City on his boat “Shming” out of Wildwood. In the back bays schoolie stripers are hitting on clam around bridges and sod banks.