Striper Migration Report

Jimmy Fee returns after being stranded in Canada to join Anthony DeiCicchi for this week's northeast offshore fishing report detailing the post storm fishing action. The Canyon Runner team reports on the slow but productive return offshore fishing after Hurricane Erin shut down the fishing last week for most areas.

Jimmy is stuck on the West Coast, so Cheech gives you the breakdown on everything that has been going on in the offshore game. The Canyon Runner team breaks down what has been going on at the edge before Hurricane Erin resets the tuna grounds.

As of August 12th, Recreational Tuna harvesting is closed. Cheech gives a breakdown of what to do now and how people have been doing. SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the right Garmin setup for how you spend your time on the water with Garmin’s Marine System Builder: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/marine-s... OkumaSee more about Okuma's li...

A stretch of calm weather brought lots of boats to the tuna grounds, which resulted in some tough bites. Cheech and Jimmy discuss strategies for finicky fish, report on the early days of the White Marlin Open, and kick it to the Canyon Runner crew for a detailed breakdown of the offshore fishing. SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the righ...

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Things have cooled a bit from last week's red hot fishing from the canyons to the mid-shore grounds, but great fishing remains from 40- to 50--inch bluefin south of Rhode Island and Montauk to yellowfin and bluefin from 65 to 90 inches off New Jersey. The bigeye are still biting well in the canyons and white marlin are trickling inshore. SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www....

Join Jimmy Fee, sporting his iconic Hawaiian shirt that signals the arrival of ICAST week in Florida, as he dives into one of the most productive weeks for offshore fishing. This episode highlights incredible weekend reports featuring catches like marlin, bluefin, bigeye, swordfish, and more. Listen as Jimmy and Anthony wrestle with their offshore FOMO while discussing the latest fishing trends an...

Jimmy leaves Cheech high and dry this week, but Cheech has some news... Topwater is FIRING OFF BABY. We've got big schools of small bluefin off New Jersey, bigeye in the New England Canyons, and yellowfin spread throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. It's going to be a great summer! The Northeast Offshore Report is presented by:SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.si...

In our final report of the 2025 spring migration, Matt Haeffner is joined by Kevin Blinkoff, Robbie Tartaglia, and Liam O’Neill to discuss personal striper season highlights, the benefits of networking on the water, and how to keep catching stripers through the summer months before they head back south.   On The Water’s Striper Migration Reports are brought to you by:  Grundens: https://grundens.c...

We're back with another season of Northeast Offshore Fishing Reports. We've got big schools of small bluefin off New Jersey, bigeye in the New England Canyons, and yellowfin spread throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. It's going to be a great summer! The Northeast Offshore Report is presented by:SiriusXM. Check out their fish mapping software at: www.siriusxm.com/fishmapping Garmin. Find the...

Following the June new moon last week, a wave of big migratory bass moved in off Rhode Island, and despite rising temperatures, trophy stripers remain widespread in Long Island Sound. Meanwhile, fish from Cape Cod to Boston continued to inch up the coast, and anglers in Maine are patiently waiting for offshore schools of stripers to push within the 3-mile line. Over the next several weeks, striper...

Even as the last waves of big migratory bass head from the Hudson River into Western Long Island Sound, the spring migration is finally showing signs of slowing. Stripers are settling into summer haunts like the Eastern Sound rips, Block Island, and the Elizabeth Islands, but with the June new moon this week, there’s bound to be some fish movement from the outer beaches of Cape Cod up to Maine. Bi...

Big bass are beginning to settle in off Eastern Long Island and Block Island while some late migrators from the Hudson lead the charge up the southern New England coast. Bunker pods are spotty from Long Island to Boston, but they are still generating some intense action when stripers collide with them. Meanwhile, bass of mixed sizes continue to push north through the Cape Cod Canal and along the o...

It was a big week for bass movement leading up to the June full moon. Trophy stripers have departed the New York Bight and are headed east toward Montauk and Block Island. Meanwhile, anglers in New England are fishing for squid hounds in the rips, chasing down spotty schools of bunker, or using mackerel to target transient fish in deep water. Plus, from northern Massachusetts to Maine, herring run...

Early summer patterns are taking shape in Maryland and New Jersey, with stripers taking a mix of clams, plugs, chunks, and sand fleas off the beaches. Big bass are following bunker pods along the south shore of Long Island while post-spawn bass from the Hudson trickle into Long Island Sound, where the reefs are loaded with bait. Rhode Island’s striper bite picked up along the rock structure out fr...

Trophy bass surpassing 50 pounds remain stationed off northern New Jersey while slot- and over-slot fish have moved into the rips of Eastern Long Island Sound. Bunker and river herring are on the menu from Narragansett Bay to the greater Boston area, where mackerel are starting to fuel surface feeds and fish to 30 pounds are being caught on minnow plugs and live bait. Meanwhile, the herring runs i...

In this week’s Striper Migration Report, 50-pound cows are being caught off Northern New Jersey where bunker have begun to pile in just off the beaches. The north and south shores of Long Island are loaded with stripers in the 20- to 25-pound range, and in Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay saw its first wave of 40 pounders chasing schools of adult bunker. From Cape Cod to the North Shore of Massachus...

In this week’s Striper Migration Report, trophy-class stripers are pulling up off New Jersey while 30 pounders press east in Long Island Sound, 40-inch bass arrive in southern New England on the heels of herring and bunker, and migratory schoolies push through Boston to Massachusetts’ North Shore.   Our first regional guest, Peter Jenkins of The Saltwater Edge in Rhode Island, fills us in on the a...

In this week’s Striper Migration Report, OTW's Matt Haeffner discusses the timing of big, spawned-out Chesapeake bass approaching New Jersey and what to expect as they arrive in the NY Bight region. Then, we dive into the smorgasbord of bait populating coastal waters from Long Island Sound to Massachusetts as the migration heats up in New England.   Our first regional guest, Captain Chris Oliv...

In this week’s Striper Migration Report, OTW's Matt Haeffner discusses his trip to the south shore of Long Island, where stripers ranging from schoolie size to 30-inches-plus have been feeding on bunker, sand eels, and silversides from the bays and inlets to the surf. Plus, we forecast what southern Massachusetts anglers can expect from the migration heading into the first week of May.   Our f...

In Week 4 of our Striper Migration Reports, OTW's Matt Haeffner and Robbie Tartaglia dive into the importance of locating areas with favorable water temperatures and abundant forage before discussing productive strategies for the first stripers of the year in Buzzards Bay.   We also hear from OTW’s Nick Cancelliere on Long Island’s North Shore, where schoolies to 25 pounders are waking up as w...

This week, OTW's Matt Haeffner and Jimmy Fee discuss the importance of river herring and bunker during the early spring, and key indicators that distinguish migratory stripers from winter holdovers.   We also get an update from Ocean City, MD, on behalf of Capt. Jeff Rosenkilde of Bad Habit Sport Fishing and Always Bent Fishing OC, who’s been catching bass from the coastal bays to OC Inlet as...

In this week’s Striper Migration Report, OTW's Matt Haeffner and Kevin Blinkoff forecast what the first week of the striper season will look like in Massachusetts, and the areas anglers should focus on to catch their first migratory striper in 2025.   We also hear from Mike Gleason at TAK Waterman in Long Branch, New Jersey, who shares how the spring striper bite is shaping up prior to the Apr...

On The Water’s Striper Migration Reports are back! We’re bringing you weekly updates on the spring striped bass migration, with detailed input from our friends at Canyon Runner, along with some familiar names and faces from Chesapeake Bay to Maine.   This week, Alex Perez of Anglers Sport Center in Annapolis, MD, provides a rundown on late-March striper strategies in Chesapeake Bay prior to the te...

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