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Riverjunction · #1 04-18-2020, 11:09 AM

Does anyone know if theres any stripers in the ocean from Spring Lake to Seaside. Looking to get out for some social distancing. Thanks

rumster · #2 04-18-2020, 03:17 PM

2nd hand info, but my undertstanding is that there are shorts around.. Clams w a fish finder rig would be the ticket... Looking to give it a shot myself... Looking for a sunny day, light west wind, 2 hours before and 2 hours after high tide.

hammer4reel · #3 04-18-2020, 05:18 PM

IMO we should see a wave of the first fish that spawn in the Chesapeake coming through in the next week or so .

Been very little bait Oceanside the last week . We need bait inshore or those fish will pass through outside the fence

Gerry Zagorski · #4 04-18-2020, 05:42 PM

Been seeing a lot of Gannets diving in the Sea Bright area just about every time we’ve been out..Stripers not my thing so haven’t tried working them..

shucker · #5 04-18-2020, 05:52 PM

2weeks ago barnegat bay was choked with bunker,now none that I can find. Heard rumors of lots of birdplay out front down here also. But it seems without the partyboat reports no one knows what to do.

Capt Sal · #6 04-18-2020, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by hammer4reel

IMO we should see a wave of the first fish that spawn in the Chesapeake coming through in the next week or so .

Been very little bait Oceanside the last week . We need bait inshore or those fish will pass through outside the fence

Maybe but then there a month early.Also if the restrictions ease up and the weather gets nicer wouldn't you like to see an old fashion June ocean run?

hammer4reel · #7 04-18-2020, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Sal

Maybe but then there a month early.Also if the restrictions ease up and the weather gets nicer wouldn't you like to see an old fashion June ocean run?

Sal June runs were very well known .
But while guys were beating them up in RB , we had a jig bite on BIG bass last 2 weeks of April through mid May that many weren’t fishing .
Bite was so good in bay , not many guys were fishing out front .
Usually only 7 to 10 boats on them an it was crazy fishing .
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Been about 3 years since we had that early bite .

But scenes like this were nightly