Apr 17, 2012 4:07 PM
As so many of us had hoped, the warmth of the winter paid fishy dividends this weekend when the striped bass season officially opened and some lucky anglers got to toss fresh fish on ice.
Some slightly less lucky anglers had held big, fat stripers in their hands 24 hours earlier but had to toss them back to the sea and hope they would bite again the next day. I guess we’re all lucky any year that we can even feel there is a reason to get out of bed to throw a cast on April 15.
Water temperatures are a solid six to eight degrees warmer than they were at this time last year and the bursting of life in local waters has to be at least two or three weeks... more
Some slightly less lucky anglers had held big, fat stripers in their hands 24 hours earlier but had to toss them back to the sea and hope they would bite again the next day. I guess we’re all lucky any year that we can even feel there is a reason to get out of bed to throw a cast on April 15.
Water temperatures are a solid six to eight degrees warmer than they were at this time last year and the bursting of life in local waters has to be at least two or three weeks... more
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