FLAT-OUT FANTASTIC

THE WAIT IS OVER. STRIPED BASS ARE ON THE FLATS—AND YOU SHOULD BE, TOO.

Story and Photos by Tom Keer

Striped bass season is always a blessing. There are dinks and shorts swimming in the salt ponds in April. In early May, slot-sized fish fill the herring runs, and when the squid invade the rips, the cows come home. The beaches are chockablock with migrating linesiders and tough-to-catch bluefish—and that’s all before the very best of times arrive. When it comes to striped bass fishing, many anglers fish the flats, and the fish arrive there shortly after the sand eels do as summer hits. After too many mornings of rain and wind, those bright, sunny days with light, variable winds feel like a vacation to the Bahamas. WHAT’S A FLAT? You won’t see the word “flat” on any nautical chart from the late 1800s, but you will see the word “shoal.” For…

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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, June/July 2024

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