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With Bass Gone, Focus Turn To Cod

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Pino Aso from North Sea hoists a big blackfish he caught aboard the Shinnecock Star last week out of Hampton Bays. The blackfish season runs for another week and some of the biggest fish of the year are coming up from reefs off the South Fork. Deena Lippman

Pino Aso from North Sea hoists a big blackfish he caught aboard the Shinnecock Star last week out of Hampton Bays. The blackfish season runs for another week and some of the biggest fish of the year are coming up from reefs off the South Fork. Deena Lippman

The fall striped bass migration appears to be over for us here on the South Fork

The fall striped bass migration appears to be over for us here on the South Fork

 leaving us only fond memories of warm afternoons and big bass

leaving us only fond memories of warm afternoons and big bass

 like this one caught by Matt Bobek over the summer

like this one caught by Matt Bobek over the summer

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In the Field

  • Publication: Fishing & Hunting
  • Published on: Dec 3, 2013
  • Columnist: Michael Wright
So that’s it for the striper fishing, it seems.No new body of fish moved into Block Island Sound with the herring, and two gales last week seem to have driven... more

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