NilsC
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The fall run is the migration of Striped bass down the east coast to Chesapeake bay, VA and the Hudson River, NY. Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) has many names like, Rock fish, Rock, Striper, roller, squidhound and greenhead.
The striper's habitat reaches from the St. Lawrence River in Canada to the St. John's River in Florida; and from Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana to the open waters of the Atlantic.
Stripers are known for their size (Mature fish have been known to reach 100 pounds and nearly five feet in length) and their fighting ability.
You fish from shore, boat or kayak and some are so obsessed with this that they follow the migration down fishing for weeks at a time sleeping in a Van, truck or your car.
The goal is to catch the elusive 50lb striper from shore on a plug or eel. Right now is the best Bass fishing og the year starting, we had a snow storm last weekend and the water temp dropped 10 degrees farenheit and the bite turned on. Blueback herring was pushed out of the rivers by the rain and the bite turned on. We got fish between 12 and +30lb (scale stopped at 30 :) ) in 2 nights of fishing with eels.
Rocky areas with current are some of the best fishing grounds but they also some of the most treacherous areas to fish in the fall. with rouge waves from the hurricanes arriving at odd times and they can be 7 to 15 meters tall on a flat calm (up to 1 meter waves) night.
I love this fishing and tomorrow night I'll be fishing eels from sunset to sunrise, then sleep the day away and see if I can't get out again Saturday.
In the fall you need cold weather gear, waders with dry top and life jacket, or a dry suit life jacket on to fish from the shore or a kayak.
Nils
The striper's habitat reaches from the St. Lawrence River in Canada to the St. John's River in Florida; and from Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana to the open waters of the Atlantic.
Stripers are known for their size (Mature fish have been known to reach 100 pounds and nearly five feet in length) and their fighting ability.
You fish from shore, boat or kayak and some are so obsessed with this that they follow the migration down fishing for weeks at a time sleeping in a Van, truck or your car.
The goal is to catch the elusive 50lb striper from shore on a plug or eel. Right now is the best Bass fishing og the year starting, we had a snow storm last weekend and the water temp dropped 10 degrees farenheit and the bite turned on. Blueback herring was pushed out of the rivers by the rain and the bite turned on. We got fish between 12 and +30lb (scale stopped at 30 :) ) in 2 nights of fishing with eels.
Rocky areas with current are some of the best fishing grounds but they also some of the most treacherous areas to fish in the fall. with rouge waves from the hurricanes arriving at odd times and they can be 7 to 15 meters tall on a flat calm (up to 1 meter waves) night.
I love this fishing and tomorrow night I'll be fishing eels from sunset to sunrise, then sleep the day away and see if I can't get out again Saturday.
In the fall you need cold weather gear, waders with dry top and life jacket, or a dry suit life jacket on to fish from the shore or a kayak.
Nils