5/31/12 by Corey Pietraszek
Well to say May was a wild month would be putting it mildly. This was without question one of the best early season runs of sizeable Striped Bass I can remember and the numbers…Geez just awesome. Today we had Bruce, Mike and Justin onboard this morning for some hardcore light tackle top water action on schooling Striped Bass. Running out was a piece of cake with a little light fog and once again FAC conditions which has been nice with a little patchy fog. We’ve had our fair share of wind this spring but the last week of weather has really been PERFECT for fishing here inNew England.
Well the spots that have been holding fish was light out again. First drift we had fish all around the boat just hammering sand eels and squid but today was without question the most aggressive I’ve seen them just hammering the lure even when it was sitting still at times. Another plus was the fish managed to stay in one area making it nice to drift and not worry about chasing them as much which was nice for a change. We drifted the first 1 mile and took well over 15 fish, the largest was Bruce coming in at 25lbs. All these fish are being taken on the Gloomis LR844 which is essentially heavy largemouth tackle and anything over 15lbs treats this gear like a rented mule so it’s always a fun to watch the clients fight the fish. This action continued for well over 3 hours slowing some when the wind shifted NW and tide slowed some. Overall, the fishing remained strong you just needed to keep the boat on them and get it down with jigs at times versus use the top water baits but they didn’t care. Overall a wonderful trip and a great way to end this May. June is here and I can only see good things coming for the fishing if what we’ve had the last week is any indication.
