If you prefer this slower approach to striper fishing, consider sending out these baits. As with trout fishing, you always want to try to “match the hatch” for striped bass. Ask a local tackle ...

Speaking of a striper’s love of low light and minimal water traffic, one of the best times to get after them is at night.

Metal lures are boring. Scan the pegboard at any saltwater tackle shop in striper country and based purely on aesthetics, your eye isn’t likely to be drawn to them — not with dozens of ...

Silver and gold Rat-L-Traps are dead ringers for juvenile menhaden—a.k.a. peanut bunker—which are a staple of the striped bass’s diet (check out our guide to the best baits for striped bass). In the ...

The spring run of striped bass has picked up the pace in Raritan and Barnegat bays. Could the fish hit the surf this week?

Cut baits, lugworms, or jumbo minnows after the check gates and inside bends and eddies are working for striped bass along with white or Aurora Shad jerkbaits in low light conditions. Largemouth ...

Bait yields better results than lures, especially in the early spring, because the fish can smell it from afar, and striped bass are especially sensitive to colder water temperatures. With some ...

Anglers are catching slot-sized striped bass in Barnegat Bay, primarily using clam baits. Raritan Bay is yielding larger striped bass, some approaching 40 pounds, with anglers using rubber swim shads.