The weekend finally brought some relief for the beach fishermen. The stripers were cruising the shallows out front and were pretty active. It was better at night, but the daylight hours worked too. Some of the guys and gals with a spread of rods along parking lot 1 in the reserve were reporting that one rod would go off, bring it in, and another would start to go too. There were plenty of small fish, but big ones too. We weighed in a 33 pounder and a few 20′s from the beach.

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Joppa Flats was on Friday, off Saturday, and on again Sunday. Friday saw one local grabbing 30 fish, almost all shorts, on the tube and worm. Six to 7 fish for another, and a few keepers along the way. Saturday, however, the fish just would not bite. I had calls from two very frustrated anglers. Then Sunday morning the fish got active again, and even the rookies came home with some fillets for the grill.

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Here are some pics of kids getting the Striper fever. Picture number one is of Charlie with his first striper on his dad’s new boat, and also the first striper of the season for him. Second picture is of twins Ben and Max with their first stripers ever. Two 30 inch keepers. They also grabbed a few smaller fish all the way down to 18″.

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