great striper jigging out of Montauk, NY

[ksong]

I had great striper jigging on the Ebb Tide out of Montauk, NY last evening and this morning.
Capt Anthony D'Arrigo showed how to catch big striper on a jig by landing and releasing monster striped close to 60 lb.
Even it was Saturday very few anglers showed up.
We used 4 oz hammered diamond jigs.
All were released.

[ksong]

https://youtu.be/aHFf5PdUNXw

[shrimpman steve]

Don’t be a hater.
Nice job ksong

[Stella blue]

No hate at all….actually comes from loving bass.
All these “look at me” hero shots do a lot of harm to the stock.

[ksong]

Don’t be a hater.
Nice job ksong

Thanks. It is common to see negative comment on internet instead of congratulating for life time catch, especially on jigs.
If you don't want to hurt fish, don't fish.
How can you weigh the life time fish ?
Capt used to be capt of Viking. He choose only jigging as he does not hurt striper as possible.
Just enjoy the pictures.
Even I fish almost everyday, I was excited to see the catch on a jig.

[ksong]

My friend released a 13.1 lb fluke in Nantucket Shoal yesterday.
He weighed holding by the lip. Any other way to weigh fish ?

[AndyS]

Nice fish ! I always thought a tape measurement was always more that enough. With the onset of boga grips it's getting rough out there, especially in freshwater. You can weigh the fish hanging in a net.

[Jigman13]

we use a carp sling for muskies. Weigh & tape the fish in the sling, release the fish, weigh the sling w/o the fish, deduct from the total to get approx weight.

Its all stress on the fish. We just try to minimize it. If it swims away, we hope for the best. I like to think I treat my releases better than most--feels good knowing you tried.

Nice trophy striper, Kilsong. That's def a fish of a lifetime. The fluke aint too shabby either! Too many jump in with negativity off the bat. Admire that its a nice fish and move on.

[ksong]

Tape measurement is great idea. In fact, they measure fish by length, not by weight in Korea and Japan.
At my recommendation the Morning Star out of Ocean City, MD measure tog so that anglers release tog still can win the pool.
I highly recommend party boats and charter boats measure fish by length so that anglers can join the pool by releasing fish.

The main reason I post here is I found all party boas in NJ were packed when they catch striper on jigs. I let them know good quality striper jigging is going on in Montauk water. The main problems to fish Montauk is the traffic and high cost of lodging.

[ksong]

54 lb striper on a jig
https://youtu.be/SItUj24LHaA

[Duffman]

Hey Kil, how you guys fishing the jigs? Yo Yo off the bottom or a steady retrieve?

Beautiful fish btw.

[ksong]

Hey Kil, how you guys fishing the jigs? Yo Yo off the bottom or a steady retrieve?

Beautiful fish btw.

cast far and retrieve steadily after the jig hit the bottom. It was tricky to feel the bottom with 4 oz hammered diamond jig as current was very fast..

[Stella blue]

How can you weigh the life time fish ?

Weight of a fat-bodied fish
(bass, salmon)
(length x girth x girth)/800

[Fisherman120]

Funny, when I made a post with a non-sponsor boat hundreds of miles away it taken down within the hour. Weird administration.

Nice striped bass.

[MDeSi]

Not to stir pot but these are great been using something similar for large fluke for years ..

[Detour66]

Congrats on that beautiful bass Ksong! It looks like you have the whole boat to yourself. Is that the case? Was it a evening trip? Thanks

[ksong]

Congrats on that beautiful bass Ksong! It looks like you have the whole boat to yourself. Is that the case? Was it a evening trip? Thanks

We had only 4 anglers and Capt decided to go. They say high tide has the best bites and I believe it was during high tide. The trip is from 5 pm to 9;30 pm.

[nmc02]

Great fish and pic. I am curious why people presume weighing fish = dead fish. Weighed many and watched them swim away. Seems the "experts" say this kills fish. As Kilsong said, if you don't want to hurt fish then Don't go fishing

[John D.]

This is hilarious. Seriously. First, I am all for catch and release. But has anyone stopped to think that we suddenly impale a metal shank, which often can get gut hooked upon strike, and then drag a fish up from the depths against their will when “fishing”? Even if not gut hooked, yeah, no stress on the fish there lol. And then people have complain about the release? If you don’t want to potentially kill a fish, then don’t fish. And if you do kill a fish, make sure it doesn’t go to waste. It’s not hard math.

So many look at me haters.

Kil, it’s been awhile and congrats on the catch and intended release on that impressive fish.

John

[Duffman]

So many look at me haters.

John

Y’all have to stop hating the haters. They have a job to do. They hate. Let them do their job!! We all need haters. :D

Kat

[ksong]

Jigging is art. I enjoy jigging from seabass, striper, haddock, cod, grouper, yellowtail or tuna.
They rarely swallow jigs as you set the hook as soon as they hit jigs.

They are very effective sometimes. You got to see hundred commercial boats jig striper together with light spinning gears in MA waters.

[NJ219bands]

Jigging is art. I enjoy jigging from seabass, striper, haddock, cod, grouper, yellowtail or tuna.
They rarely swallow jigs as you set the hook as soon as they hit jigs.

They are very effective sometimes. You got to see hundred commercial boats jig striper together with light spinning gears in MA waters.

I caught, tagged and released many different species of fish in Manasquan Inlet while fishing from shore with an Ava A-17 plain hook jig. Stripers are difficult to catch with a jig.