Given all the north/northeast wind and the rain, rain, and more rain; we finally made our first striper trip to the islands. And, the stripers were waiting for us and hungry for some fresh pogies. The crew tangled with 13 stripers, keeping 9 (one for the captain’s dinner table) and returning 4 to be caught another day. Sizes were good for this time of year. The fish we caught ranged from 31″ to 37″ which topped out at 18.5 lbs. Also of note, the scup and sea bass have moved into our waters already; which is unusally early for this location. Bob caught a potential winning sea bass to enter in his club’s contest. The sea bass was a real hammerhead, weighing in at 5.9 lbs. good luck Bob.
Those interested in doing some fluke ( summer flounder) fishing, remember this year’s regulations are: size 18.5″, 5 fish pp and the season is from July 1 – Aaugust 13. This is a short season so if you want to get a trip in get in touch asap.
