Big stripers biting in NY/NJ Bight

Though it’s still early for the migration, there seem to be plemty of hard-fighting stripers available even if they’re too big to keep.

The Golden Eagle from Belmar reported: “E BASS BITE WAS ON RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO!

It was a VERY GOOD day of STRIPER fishing. We found big areas of birdlife and it didn’t disappoint. There were BASS working on top and plenty of action around the boat. On some drifts, we had a number of BIG STRIPED BASS on. All the fish today were OVERS and were safely released with the largest at 49″.

The weather will keep us at the dock tomorrow (Monday) but the forecast looks great for Tuesday and beyond 

Capt. Ron Santee had a similar reports from his Fishermen out of Atlantic Highlands as the south wind came up earlier than expected — but the bass hit better as it got nastier. He will also take a day off due to the forecast of 20-25 mph southwest winds with gusts up to 30 plus possible afternoon showers.