Striper Limit with the Pat Noonan

Had Pat back out again this year with son Brian
And brother John with son Joe. Started with white
Mojos and Brian got us started early with a nice 36
Incher, fishing was slow so, made bait and went
Chunking no luck or I'm not patient enough!
Went back on the troll and got into a steady pick,
Got out unders Limit then went into release mode.

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Striper Trip with Brandon Igdalsky

Had longtime regular Brandon with Buddy Frank on board
Netted our bait early and headed to the grounds. Put
in the mojos to find the life and had a nice one right away!
Put in the Baits and dropped 3 off the bat, kiss of death,
Rest of the day was a death slow pick! Landed one more
On the troll and tried livelining rockpiles, lost a few more
And pulled the plug after a long day!

Stripers with the Maureen Hope charter

Had Maureen out with Jim, Andy, Herb, Jimmy, and Dave.
Went to usual spot and had slow action, went and netted
Liveline 2 fish to 25lbs. That slowed and went to the mojos.
Slow grind landing another 3. Unfortunately we dropped
At least 6 fish which hasn't happened all season. Tough day
But great peeps!

Big Bass limits with the Brown charter

Had Tregg back with buddies Earl, Chris and Lloyd.
Had a slow pick up fish until we found the jumbos
Landed 6 over 40 inches and released another half
Dozen. Netted some bait and tried livelining couple
Of bites good to see some nice quality fish!

Striper Limit with the Nangle/Biglin charter

Headed out today with Scott and his son Zach and Larry
And his son Andrew. Finding bait was tough today with
Crappy conditions, so we went on the hunt with the plugs.
Found them and limited quickly on fish to 38 inches
releasing another half dozen Fish. Went back to looking for
bunker to use, but only found a few no luck on the chunk.
Bittersweet trip with Andrew moving to California but
Good bonding trip for Larry and his son.

Striper Limit with the Paul Talaga family

Had Paul out with family Benny, Jose, son Marco and
The Bishop. Started out loaded up the livewell and went
On the hunt. Found the fish quickly and Marco landed his
First striper ever which was 36 inches, bite continued the
rest of the morning getting our Limit and releasing another
Half dozen, great trip with a fun crew.

Striper Limit with the Mike Scarcelle family

Had Mike out with wife Crickett, sons Stone and
Blaze and buddy Ryan. Cricket got us going within
5 minutes of lines in and the party went from there.
After getting our Limit of fish to 36 inches went into
release mode we changed Gears. Joe filled the net on
bunkers and went livelining And chunking, no takers.
Crew decided to call it early And take some pictures
and drink! Fun times with a Great crew!

Father/Sons with Boyz striper Cherry popping!

Had My oldest Danny back from college for the weekend
With his brother Tony and his crew of friends, Ray, Mat,
Will, Jaden, JP and Xavier. Searched for a while but found
the mother-load of fish. Kids went to work on the rods, all
Popping their striper cherries on fish to 38 inches!
Great job young men!

Striper Limit with the Adam Conley charter

Had Adam back again for his first trip of the year.
Had Dad John, and buddies Steve, Craig and Steve.
Had newbie Zach on the rod first and he popped his
Striper cherry and got the party started. When the
carnage was over we landed 25 with Adam leading the
Way with a 36 inch beauty. Great job guys!

Open Boat Striper Limit on a windy day

Had regulars Mike, Charlie, and Paul out this afternoon.
Water was dirty brown, cold, with 25 knot winds. Didn't
Expect much, but it was game on as soon as we put in
The lines! Had our Limit to 34 inches and a dozen shorts
in an hour. After a short while guys decided it was time to
head to the Barge restaurant and have the fish cooked 3
ways, fra Diavlo, Scampi and blackened.

Unreal Striper Bite Today!

Hey guys, great bite under gannets,
Jigged and small plugs for over 20 fish to 15lbs!
Was doing maintenance work at boat, made some calls
and had my mates and family on the boat and crushed them
Season has started!

First Striper Trip with the Bill Abbott Crew

Moved the boat back to Perth Amboy for the striper run
For the spring. Had Bill out with son Willy, his buddy Tom
Drew and his son Andrew. Had cold water temps and brown
Stained waters due to run off, tried everywhere clamming I
And trolling with only shorts for our efforts. Looking forward
To better conditions towards the end of the week.
Congratulations to Tommy and landing his first striper ever.