The Striped Bass Run Continues
We shall be returning to our regular scheduled picking on Ray, but first, shop news…
We have added the new Shimano Vanford A spinning reels to the site. Shimano’s lighter version of the popular Stradic has been updated for 2024. Pair one of these with a light custom rod built by Bob and you’ll have a super light combo that you can fish all day & night.
I can’t believe it took us this long to make this classic lure available online. We now have the Luhr-Jensen Crippled Herring available on the site. You know, it’s called a herring, but that profile is awfully close to a peanut bunker. Just saying…
How is the fishing? Judging by the number of pictures below from Monday until the writing of this report, it is pretty darn good. The bite has been on either metal lipped swimmers or sand eel imitations, depending on what bait the bass are on. There are both bunker and sand eels in the area. The other thing we know is that you need to be mobile. The anglers moving around and hunting for the bite are doing better than the anglers camping out in one spot for the day. The fish are rewarding those putting the work in (though we will admit it always helps to be lucky…).
Some notable recent catches:
Our cover shot: @rcatton_ on them today! “Little better today than yesterday I thought! Saw the whole crew out this am, shelle Scott Jenny… you guys sure do have a tight knit group over there! Be down over the weekend again hopefully. I’ll make sure to stop in👍” That’s what we like to hear
Our very own @lizzyribas was on them Monday morning! This one took a Wallys Pencil!
Hey cool! It’s the big bass king Dominick Talerico with an absolute tank on a swimmer!
Ohhh boyyy! @danhoffman3 with a biggie cow off the surf Monday morning! You may want to start calling in sick to work…
Jamie with 30” 11.5 lb bass caught on a swimmer
Katie with a 30” 10.95 lb bass caught on a teaser
Warren with a 30.5” 10.5 lb bass caught on a shad
Hayden Szyszko came in and asked Jenni for some advice. She set him up with a 2 oz ava and he scored
Guido quit his construction gig and he made the right choice with an ava and a teaser
Dan Jensen on the legal snag and drop rig
Brian Poll caught on an ava
Tim Brennan on the meat
Larry found the fish today on pencils
Sandy Schemelia got her first bass on a plug her shop teacher made for her years ago
John Silvestra on an ava
Chris Marsh on a bucktail
Dominick is showing why he’s the big bass king again with another absolute unit
Mike Goodwin on a swimmer
Reid Joines came in for some advice and caught some bass
They are chewing in the wash on sandeels. @skimebob braved the long awaited rain and was rewarded with dinner. Don’t be a fair weather fisherman, the fish are already wet they don’t care.
So, some of you may have noticed that no one has been picking on Ray in the fishing reports lately. That’s because Ray has been writing the reports for the last two months. Ray could have picked on anyone in his reports, but he is too nice for that. I, however, am back, and I am not as nice as Ray. So, first…
And now to Ray. I don’t know why, but Ray is sad lately. Is it the rain? Is it always having to deal with Scott? Is it because he has become a feature in the fishing reports again? Who knows…
