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Big Bass Abound for Boats, but Not Beaches

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Jack McDonnell with a nice striper caught off Southampton recently. Big stripers have been marauding the schools of bunker off the South Fork for the last few weeks as they work their way east to the rips off Montauk.

Jack McDonnell with a nice striper caught off Southampton recently. Big stripers have been marauding the schools of bunker off the South Fork for the last few weeks as they work their way east to the rips off Montauk.

The jumbo stripers have arrived in Montauk. Tuna hound Brayden Fromm decked a bunch of slob stripers like this one recently while making bait.

The jumbo stripers have arrived in Montauk. Tuna hound Brayden Fromm decked a bunch of slob stripers like this one recently while making bait.

Big stripers have arrived in Montauk.

Big stripers have arrived in Montauk.

Ron and Greg Robben of Hampton Bays with a pair of nice Peconic Bay weakfish caught aboard the Shinnecock Star recently. DEENA LIPPMAN/SHINNECOCK STAR

Ron and Greg Robben of Hampton Bays with a pair of nice Peconic Bay weakfish caught aboard the Shinnecock Star recently. DEENA LIPPMAN/SHINNECOCK STAR

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In the Field

  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Jun 25, 2024
  • Columnist: Michael Wright
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