The Striper Migration: 5 Years Running the Coast

Jamie Howard’s film captures the excitement of the striped bass migration, and the obsession of the people who live for it.

I don’t know a single striper fishermen who hasn’t entertained—if only briefly—the idea of leaving everything behind and following the migration up, and then down, the East Coast for one glorious season. That’s just what Jamie Howard set out to do in 2011, to follow along on the striped bass’ annual journey, filming the people and places impacted by these fish.

“Striped bass are amazing fish, and the places they go are amazing,” said Howard, citing the striper’s ability to live and thrive in a wide variety of habitats from deep, offshore rips, to rocky boulderfields, to shallow,…

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