Fall Run Striped Bass Fishing

When you think Striped Bass, New England comes to mind more often than not. Aside from the winter months, the Striper fishing in Rhode Island can be pretty good for most of the year. However, it’s usually the Fall run that gets the most attention. The birds take flight and guide anglers to huge balls of bait, often being savagely attacked by schools of larger predatory fish like Stripers, Blue fish, and if your lucky, Bonito and False Albacore. On this day in particular, last October, the fish were plentiful.

When I stepped out on the bow, we were approaching a large school of what looked like Bass from a distance. As we got closer, I leaned over the rail and looked down to see what looked like thousands and thousand of silver and black stripes below me darting through the water. In an instant I whipped my fly into the air, cleared some line with a few false casts and let one fly. As soon as I started stripping, I saw one fish dart out towards my deceiver and turn at the last second. Two strips later and he was back, as soon as he took the fly I set the hook and held tight as my reel started spinning. The day continued with a handful of fun sized stripers on the fly as well as on spinning gear. Check out the video above for some highlights from our day on the water. Hope this will do the trick to cure some our your winter blues. Hold tight, Spring is on its way. Cheers

-Mike