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A Long Cold Winter Is, Hopefully, a Good Sign for Stripers

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Big striped bass are a valuable resource to those fishermen more concerned with catching trophy fish than table fare, but they are a dwindling resource. CAPT SAVIO MIZZI

Big striped bass, like this one caught by Charlie Decker of Hampton Bays, are a valuable resource to those fishermen more concerned with catching trophy fish than table fare, but they are a dwindling resource.

In the Field

Publication: East Hampton Press
Published on: Feb 12, 2025
Columnist: Michael Wright

We may be in the depths of what is starting to seem like the longest, coldest winter we’ve had in a decade, but big striped bass are already thinking spring.... more

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A Long Cold Winter Is, Hopefully, a Good Sign for Stripers

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Welcome

A Long Cold Winter Is, Hopefully, a Good Sign for Stripers

In the Field

More Posts from Michael Wright

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