Who has ever landed a 50 Pound Striper in Raritan Bay?

[Capt Sal]

I have been fishing Raritan Bay since the late fifties. I personally have landed one bass in Raritan Bay that was a legitimate 50 pounder. There were two 49 pounders landed on my charters. One was released the other we could not revive. This is over decades and a few thousand trips . We landed four stripers on the out side with the biggest being 55pounds and 52'' to the fork of the tail. Again this is over decades of live lining. Last year our biggest bass in Raritan Bay was 42lbs. on Shenanigans with my late life long friend Jim Curcio. Put her on the boga scale and let her go! We kept some nice 34'' for the table and we will have the picture forever. So what I am trying to say is fifties are not common and most people over estimate the weight. A 43'' stripers is usually between 28 and 32 lbs. Comments welcome.

[Take a kid fishing]

I've been at it for about 15 years from the Raritan to Barnegat and do not have any fish 43 inches or better. Plenty of fish caught and realeased but none that would get me a second fish this year.

[1captainron]

Some in the low 40's, only one that was close at 48 pounds after all these years.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Been fishing in the area for over 20 years and nothing even close to a 50... My biggest was a 40 caught on a clam on Romer.

[Joey Dah Fish]

Never

[slammer]

Im still trying to break 40lbs.My best fish in the bay is 32lbs live lining.

[tjd24]

We had a 52" bass one night fishing live eels during the Fall in the East River just South of the UN. It was safely released but we had no scale & no camera.

On a another daytime trip East of the Statue of Liberty, we had a bass that went just under 40 lbs.

In Raritan Bay the largest have been in the mid-30 lb range.

[Flygaff]

My Personal Best is 34 Lbs. My buddy caught a 43 pounder. It was on my boats so I get a small percent of the credit. Don't I?

[Capt. Lou]

483/4 # in the old rip, when it was a decent producer of Stripers I realize not actually in the bay . This fishing occurred @ nite & all trolling on ebb ! Lots of 40# fish but this was closet to that magic # !!

[makosnax]

My best RB bass is 45" 30# on a live bunker. Tried like hell but she would not revive, the neighbors loved it.