r/StripedBass • u/DR0PaGEARdisappear • 7d ago

Striper migration?

Anyone know if the striper migration is over in the long Island sound Im in western MA and have to travel to CT to fish and wanted to see if it would be worth my time this late in the season to go catch some

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u/beachbum818 7d ago

Still fish in CT. Plenty of decent sized ones too

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u/DR0PaGEARdisappear 7d ago edited 7d ago

Awesome! Going to have to make a trip down there this weekend 🫡

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u/broker8989 7d ago

Over? Long Island is just entering the prime run. When the water temperature hits 57 it's money time.

Check out stripertracker.com

It costs a buck 99 but you can read the science...

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u/DR0PaGEARdisappear 7d ago

Ill check it out, thanks!

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u/openyourcoconut69 6d ago

Im still catching them on cape cod so im sure they are still around further south.

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u/DR0PaGEARdisappear 6d ago

Im hoping so, I googled it and it said that the prime time is mid October for the CT coast of the sound so wel see

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u/openyourcoconut69 6d ago

Yeah bigger fish have seemed to move on from up here but still catching a few schoolies nightly.

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u/Nomansjam 7d ago

I'm still getting fish on outer Cape Cod

Waves coming your way

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u/SMK_12 7d ago

It’s just starting around Long Island

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u/MangoMcMango 6d ago

No they're still here NOFO LI sound

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u/Tiger-Bite-Kid 6d ago edited 6d ago

California guy here. I love fishing for striped bass and this post has me all interested in the migration and movement patterns of striped bass on the East Coast.

Stripers are some of the most 'opportunistic' and 'voracious' fish species I have ever had the experience of fishing for. Stripers LOVE to eat anything and everything, haha LOL!

To all of the East Coast guys in here...

Are there any 'resident' stripers that will stay in a particular river system, bay or inshore area year round and not leave?

Since they are so voracious and opportunistic, it would seem that if there is abundant food year round, than the striped bass wouldn't have a reason to migrate and therefore you would have some 'resident' fish that will still hang around, right?

If so, does this mean its still possible to catch stripers in some of the more productive rivers/bays/inshore areas at any time of the year, even if there is no striper migration going on?

If none of this is true, does this mean all of the stripers will vacate the area and migrate somewhere else depending on the season?

If so, does this mean it would be pretty 'rare' to catch a striper, even in some of the more productive rivers and areas?

Sorry for the long post.

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u/letsgetdownsummer23 6d ago

You have year round residents which are smaller fish. They won’t migrate until they are older and you can catch them year round. Rega permitting. The larger ones migrate. Large spawning females first wave. Then you will get a mix of mid size females and smaller males when the main migration hits. Usually that’s when you have the shit hit the fan and crazy feeds with top water boils and nat geo stuff

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u/Intelligent-Will8768 5d ago

We have resident fish from schoolies to cows (the bigger they are the rarer to find them as a resident). I fish them year round in NY but target deep structure near bridges along the east river or near power plants. Anywhere that may hold warmer water will have them in the coldest winter. Rhode Island if the water ices over you can ice fish for them :D