by As noted in a recent blog, the SHO-NUF from Cape Charles, Virginia recovered a big striped bass carrying a Gray tag. They then found that it had been tagged from Connecticut waters in July, 2022. However. the most notable aspect of that recapture was the angler’s note that the bass had been gut-hooked and that it was difficult to revive. After first getting it moving again, it kept popping up and they had to retrieve and work with it again before it successfully went on its way.
Many other anglers would have given up on that striper which demonstrated how hardy that species is by traveling hundreds of miles to its spawning grounds and attacking a slow-trolled live eel while getting ready to increase the stock in the spring.
A small craft advisory goes up at 9 p.m. with northeast winds up to 25 knots plus rain after midnight. Monday morning starts with north winds at 15-20 knots plus gusts to 25. That drops to a calming 5-10 knots west in the afternoon.
Capt. Hans Kaspersetz, of Sea Bright, N.J., caught this tarpon while fishing with Capt. Luis in Puerto Rico.
Cole Riback was fun fishing with his father, Capt. Dave of the Queen Mary from Point Pleasant, when he boated this mutton snapper off Jupiter. Florida.
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