KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE — All eyes were on the tip of the thick Ugly Stick saltwater rod as it began to bend. At exactly the same time, the high-pitched squealing sound of the 15-18-pound-test ...

Cathy from Bayside reports plenty of striper action this week all over. Wayne Crawley has been throwing a Hopkins and catching keeper bass. Bill Fischer prefers eels at night under the bridge and came ...

In fact, there probably were more big bluefish than stripers at most locations in the ocean and at Cape Henry, with lots of bluefish citations.” In the Bay, from Cape Charles southward, anglers were ...

Trolling and drifting eels for striped bass off Smith Island is producing nice fish ranging from 25 to 45 pounds, with some in the 50-pound range. Jason Roberts (West Point) weighed in a 44-pound, ...

If you are a fan of striper fishing, now’s your time to shine. A large set of big sand eels — slender baitfish stripers can’t resist — is sliding down Long Island’s South Shore as they migrate south.

Some 60-pound-plus striped bass are beginning to show up in the catches of anglers fishing the lower Chesapeake Bay. Most of the jumbo fish are being taken by anglers drifting live eels from the Cape ...