Was 2019 Your Best Striper Spring?

[Gerry Zagorski]

Party boat fishing is way different then fishing on a private or charter boat. A lot of these big fish are on the troll or live lining which is obviously a challenge on a party boat.

Other issue right now is these fish seem to moving and are very scattered and turn on and shut off like a a light switch. One minute they’ll be going off near Sandy Hook they shut off and they go off in Asbury or Deal.

Not saying you won’t catch on a party boat but you don’t have the speed and flexibility that you get on a smaller faster boat with 4 guys on it.

Right now this fishery is being in the right place at the right time and trolling or live lining and if it's not happening where you're at, pick up and go scouting and sometimes at great distances.

In the fall when all the fish are stacked up chewing on sand eels and you have a jig bite in a concentrated area like between the channels, that's when you have just as good a chance on a party boat.