Saltwater striped bass aren’t very hard to catch. Many “Insta-famous” anglers and striped bass fishing influencers want you to think otherwise, but the reality is that the most difficult part of the ...

As we polled into the back of a creek not much wider than the skiff, our guide said you’re only going to get one shot at these fish. We turned a bend and there they were just 50 feet away, tails out ...

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 dazzling plugs, ...

The author with a 47-inch striper caught off North Jersey on a 10-inch Stride glide bait. Photo by Joe Cermele Though the official timeline is a bit hazy, many anglers point to the swimbait revolution ...

Like many saltwater fly-fishermen, Richie Keatley of Norfolk has been content to catch school-size striped bass, but on a recent night he advanced to the big leagues. Keatley was casting a hand-tied 3 ...

I've always thought of Hardy as a fly reel company. High end quality English reels with a lot of history. I was reluctant to the idea of fishing a Hardy fly rod, especially one built for the salt.

Last week, the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association seminar on striped bass featured "Old Salts and Young Guns" who spoke about the strategies and tactics they used to catch trophy stripers.

"The Morning Hatch" is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, sweet, informative, and hopefully entertaining. Enjoy it as a morning ...

The fishing for big striped bass in the ocean slowed in the past week as only a fair number of fish were caught. Normally with the downside of the full moon we see another major influx of big bass ...