Most of my success has been in river mouthes, catching snapper blues and the occasional striped bass. I have also taken to the water on kayak, and that has lead to encounters with a strange fish that is typically shunned by other anglers: the sea robin. This year one of my goals is to catch one of these on a fly. Also, during the spring herring run, stripers come up into the freshwater and this time I will be waiting for them with big blue and white flies.
But for now I'll just have to remember the trips from the past two years.
I caught one of those sea robbins this summer myself. I wasn't targeting them, but it was a nice surprise. A few questions about stripers...when is the herring run? April? Also, could I get away with 6 weight for stripers when they come into streams like red brook?
ReplyDeleteI usually start hearing about their arrival mid April. A six weight is just fine, as a matter of fact I know of a gentleman that uses a five.
DeleteI started last summer too. Walking the beach fishing the trough on outgoing tides. caught some striped'uns and a couple of huge hickory shad!? All on a 9wt thought..haha I guess it's true anything eats a clouser... -Weightforward
ReplyDeleteAwesome. I've caught a few hickory shad on spinning gear.
DeleteClousers also stick that fish and stay stuck. GREAT hooking ability.
So good to see some pictures that have greenery, sunshine and warm rippling water. Hope you'll be there again before you know it.
ReplyDeleteI don't like to rush things. Winter-Spring is a slow change with beauty at every moment.
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