Striper Migration June 16

Striper Migration Map – June 16, 2017. New Jersey Striper Report A wave of monster bass moved into the waters off the northernmost part of the New Jersey coast reports our Northern New Jersey Fishing Forecast. Early this week, fishermen reported big numbers of 40-plus-pound stripers falling to bunker and popping plugs. Long Island Striper Report The west end of Long Island is seeing similar action to what’s happening off New Jersey with very large stripers feasting on the schools of bunker. Connecticut Striper Report Central Long Island Sound is full of 20- to 40-inch stripers, but larger fish have been a bit harder to come by. Rhode Island Striper Report Some super-sized bass moved into the waters off Block Island, at about the same time the fishing in upper Narragansett Bay began to taper off. Massachusetts Striper Report Fishing in the Cape Cod Canal was fair this week as fishermen wait for another wave of large migratory fish to move through. Cape Cod Bay is full of bass in the 24- to 36-inch range, and there is word of larger fish around Race Point in our Cape Cod Fishing Forecast. Large stripers have moved into South Shore waters according to our Massachusetts Fishing Forecast, with fish to 46 pounds reported this week. In Maine, larger migratory fish are turning up along the shorelines, while the rivers remain chock full of schoolies according to our Maine and New Hampshire Fishing Forecast.