Received an email from Ron, telling me that he and a buddy went striper fishing from 3 to 6 a.m. Meanwhile, his son, Alex, stayed home in bed.
With 12-knot winds, 2-foot seas, and temps in the mid-30s, conditions were less than ideal, but that didn't stop the duo from getting what they went after. Said Ron, "I managed six stripers, including five short ones and (as pictured at left) a 27.5-inch, 8-lb. 4-oz. personal best. Meanwhile, my buddy also caught five short ones, as well as his own personal best: a 29-incher that weighed 10 lbs. 2 ozs."
Their productive bait was a 3-inch Z-Man paddle-tail soft plastic trolled on a 3/8-oz. jig head. "I hear a bucktail that runs deeper will get more big ones, but we troll a water depth of 6 to 9 feet," noted Ron. They were working the area along the light lines (streetlights).
The two anglers had to battle a constant chop. As Ron allowed, "The bite wasn't as good as the last trip, but the keepers were bigger."
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