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Maryland/Chesapeake Bay Striper Fishing Report
Friday, Could 16, the primary section of the 2025 striped bass season started. DNR’s striped bass regulation map exhibits what areas are open, are catch & launch solely, or closed to striped bass fishing all year long.
Whereas many of the bass left in Chesapeake Bay are of the “schoolie” measurement class, giant fish are nonetheless migrating north alongside Maryland and Delaware’s ocean seashores like Assateague Island.
New Jersey Striper Fishing Report
The spring striper run stays robust in Southern New Jersey, with 40-inch-plus stripers nonetheless transferring alongside the ocean entrance, and showing within the inlets and bays. Within the northern half of the state, the fishing is on fireplace, with large bass piling up off the seashores, and good fish nonetheless in Raritan Bay, although many appear to be transferring out towards the ocean. Boats are reporting many fish over 40 kilos.
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New York Striper Report
Bunker faculties alongside the South Shore are attracting bass into the 40-plus-pound vary, whereas winds and climate have made fishing difficult on the North Shore, however when situations permit, giant fish are there.
Connecticut/Rhode Island Striper Report
Massive stripers are filling into Lengthy Island Sound, with 40-inch-plus fish gravitating towards the rivers, and extra giant fish arriving from east and west as Hudson and Chesapeake shares converge.
In Rhode Island, giant stripers proceed to hang-out bunker faculties in Narragansett Bay, with situations within the bay very best for the hungry bass arriving from the south.
Cape Cod/Massachusetts Striper Report
The big faculties of stripers proceed to maneuver by way of Buzzards Bay, with a big mixture of sizes reported, from 20-inch schoolies to 45-inch cows. Massive stripers have additionally been reported in Cape Cod Bay, whereas the south aspect of the Cape and the Outer Cape are nonetheless seeing solely schoolie and slot-size fish.
Stripers to 30 kilos have been reported on the Massachusetts South Shore, and every little thing is wanting good for a push of huge bass into Boston throughout the subsequent week. The North Shore can be seeing good stripers, with numbers of slot-size and over-slot fish bettering every single day.
New Hampshire/Maine Striper Report
Colleges of slot-size bass are chasing herring in Nice Bay, whereas schoolie and slot stripers are beelining for Maine rivers.
