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By Tom Meade  Email this author | Email this entry |
"Striper fishing is good one day, dismal the next as the thermometer rises and falls," writes Ray Stachelek, skipper of the charter boat Cast A Fly. "Just like a light switch, action can be on or off the whole day. Many believe that fishing the full moon tides during the day doesn’t help either. The large stripers are moving to deeper water. Most of the bigger fish can be found on sonar in the East Passage off Sandy Point to the T-Wharf along Prudence Island. Jigging and chunking in 75 feet of water produces with limited success.
"There are still some isolated pods of bunker spread out throughout the bay. Many of the larger schools of pogies have vanished or have been fished out. Nothing seems to be bothering the ones that are left. The larger stripers we have caught on a fly this week have been over structure. Most of the fish have been on the lean side considering their long lengths. Lack of oily bunker have forced them to search for bottom dwellers. Look around the mid-Bay islands, jetties and boulder fields for best success. A surface plug that 'walks the dog' on morning tides with wake up the area rather quickly."
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Ohio Ledge is still holding some bass although in smaller numbers and smaller fish. Fished the change of tides 7/8 PM and took two 34" fish after chumming and chunking for an hour. Water temp was right at 70.
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