UNION HALL - Rex Smith must be crazy. Why else would this man, whom I consider a good friend, call me Tuesday afternoon to say he was catching the heck out of stripers at Smith Mountain Lake? "You ...

I’m paraphrasing here, but I get this a lot via DM and email: _Hey Joe, I’m headed to the beach with the family this summer and I want to catch striped bass . Where should I go and what should I bring ...

Striped bass fishing is good, reports Jon Conklin, fishing guide. Stripers are keying on small threadfin shad about one-half inch long. Lures or bait that size are good to use. Larger shad or bait 4 ...

The striped bass bite is good in Buzzard’s Bay, on the Cape Cod Canal, in Narragansett Bay, off Block Island and along the southern coastal shore of Rhode Island. “Customers are catching keeper bass, ...

Striped bass have an appetite for minnows. Aaron Jolliff at Hook, Line and Sinker in Rogers said brood minnows work best, but stripers are biting minnows of any size at least 25 feet deep. Best ...

Striped bass fishing is hot. Anglers are catching keepers (28 inches to less than 31 inches) in our bays, estuaries, salt ponds, and out in front from Watch Hill to the Sakonnet River. Block Island is ...

Think safety first when it comes to winter fishing. Beware of ice on boat ramps during subfreezing temperatures. Watch for ice that may form in the backs of coves. Smaller lakes may freeze completely ...

Early-bird anglers are catching striped bass. Jon Conklin, fishing guide, said the best striper fishing is from Starkey Park to Beaver Dam on the north end of the lake. Best to have lines in the water ...

Compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the greater Fresno area and holds the striper record at Millerton Lake. The Striperz Gone Wild ...