BASS BONANZA

MIGRATING STRIPED BASS ARE STILL ON THEIR WAY UP THE COAST, BUT THE ACTION FOR HOLDOVER STRIPERS CAN BE SPECTACULAR RIGHT NOW.

Kade Gewanter

The end of winter in New England is characterized by short days and cold nights, and even the idea of fishing a thawing trout stream can’t pry you from the recliner. The good news? There’s a cure for those late-winter doldrums: chasing holdover striped bass. As most anglers know, striped bass have two distinct migration patterns. The first occurs in the spring when large biomasses of bass head up the coast from their southern wintering grounds in the Mid-Atlantic, stopping to spawn in Chesapeake Bay, the Hudson River and other large East Coast rivers. From there, these fish spend the summer along New England and into the Canadian Maritimes. When temps begin to dip in the fall and baitfish head out of the backwaters and into inshore areas, the…

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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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