Primary Target · Light Tackle & Fly
Striped Bass Our #1 gamefish on the Sound — from nonstop schoolies busting bait on top to 30 lb+ cows worked out of structure. Sight-casting the flats on fly or working live bait through a rip, striped bass charters are the heart of what we do.
Striped Bass Bluefish Inshore Hardtails Tautog Offshore Season on the Sound
April — First schoolies show up in the back bays — light tackle on soft plastics.May — Peak sightfishing on fly — stripers push onto the flats as the water warms.June — Peak — prime month for sight-casting the flats on fly, plus dawn topwater blitzes.July — Summer pattern — early and late bites working structure and moving water.August — Hot-water bite — deeper structure and rips, first-light trips fish best.September — Bait pushes through as stripers stage up ahead of the fall run.October — Peak fall run — big migratory cows blitzing bait, best numbers of the year.November — Peak — last big push south, heavy fish on eels and bucktails before they clear out.
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