When I was in my teens, Thanksgiving largely marked the end of the saltwater striper season in New Jersey. That’s not to say there weren’t opportunities beyond that, but well before Christmas it often ...

Every angler wants to catch big fish. Not just big, but the biggest ever, a personal best. Where to catch big fish and how to catch them is not magic. Rather, it's all about the food. You need to be ...

Most folks call it a Senko. In any case, from finesse to power fishing, learn how to rig and fish soft stickbaits the right way to land more bass in every condition. A soft stickbait is a cylindrical ...

A pair of recent papers, led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published in Fisheries Research and ...

One of the things that make striped bass such popular targets along the coast from New England to the Mid-Atlantic is their diversity. You can find them picking off crabs and shrimp along back bay sod ...

Bundle up and beat the crowds by fishing the New Jersey surf at night. The striper bite is best in the dark this time of year ...

In a recent study at UMass Amherst, biologists looked at specific catch-and-release practices for striped bass, catching 521 ...

This pre-spawn smallmouth jerkbait bite happens all across the Northern U.S. and Canada with giant bass and unforgettable strikes! Here are lures, conditions, and expert tips you need to know. Bass ...

paired with catch and release practices are benefitting populations along the east coast. But we also recognize that striped bass are quite tasty, and a chunky striper that measures within the slot ...

Amid signs that a hoped-for recovery of Atlantic striped bass may be faltering, East Coast fisheries managers are moving to further tighten already restricted catch limits on the popular but ...