Striper Migration Map Archives - On The Water (2024)

As large bunker schools continue to pop up along the coast this week, big bass remain widespread from Jersey to Massachusetts, and 40-inch bass continue to flood southern Maine.

Big bass up to 50 pounds are stationed outside of Raritan and Jamaica Bays, waves of stripers from 10 to 30 pounds are rounding Montauk, and bass in the upper 30- to 40-inch class chase a smorgasbord of bait outside Boston.

Cow stripers remained stationed off of northern New Jersey as schoolies began dropping out of the Hudson River, slot-class fish invaded the waters from Cape Cod Bay to Boston, and 20- to 40-pound bass span from Long Island to Massachusetts.

Forty-plus pound fish have made their way into to Massachusetts, while large fish are still being caught in Southern New Jersey.

Trophy-size stripers stop off in northern New Jersey, the Long Island Sound sees a wave of 20-plus-pounders, and slot-class stripers continued to push north of Boston.

This week, Scott Thomas of Grumpy's Tackle discusses the migration in New Jersey, and OTW Editor Jimmy Fee breaks down the smorgasbord of bait in southern New England.

This week, John Skinner and Matt Stone join our Assistant Editor to discuss the status of the striper migration in and around Long Island Sound.

Chesapeake stripers in the 40-inch class hit South Jersey's beaches, Long Island's south shore sees a big wave of over-slot fish, and schoolies file into the Cape Cod Canal along with bunker and herring.

Schoolie stripers reach Martha's Vineyard, a wave of migratory bass follow bunker into Western Rhode Island, and 40-inch stripers file into the South Jersey surf.

Striped bass are on the move and “fresh” fish have been reported in Rhode Island and Massachusetts waters.