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Ladies and gents, it's July 10th, and we're catching stripers. Upon landing at Logan at 11pm on the 3rd of July, I immediately began planning out my fishing trips for the coming week. On the honeymoon, I had received numerous texts from fishing buddies along the lines of: "sucks you're in mexico, stripers are busting …
This is the week, peeps. Listen, I know the fishing has been very hit or miss so far this season. But the new moon will continue bringing new schools of large stripers into our waters. It's just about where they'll show up. While I don't want to contribute to the zoo that has been the Big Ditch …
Stripers, stripers, stripers. It’s all I’m thinking about. But where are they? That’s the real question. Well, I think I have good news. I'm willing to bet that we’ll all know the answer to this question by the time the weekend is over. Spring Migration We always picture the Spring migration as a wave …
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In the beginning, there are rivers. These rivers, winding up from the sea into estuary grass and wooded shoreline, mark the hesitant start to our striper season. But it can’t just be any river. No, successful anglers (or, ‘sharpies’) hold these undisclosed grottos close to the waders. The secret of pre-migration striper fishing is well-kept …
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