Striped Bass – An East Coast Seasonal Wonder
One of the premier fish of the region is visiting our waters these days — the beautiful Striped bass. When I lived in the New York City area I would frequently fish with friends and family — as often as they allowed me to do so — catching, cleaning, preparing and cooking striped bass. I loved every step of the process. And the crew enjoyed my eagerness to be the chef. The stripers were so plentiful back in the 1970s and ‘80s that several fisherman I was fortunate enough to fish alongside would “catch and release” these magnificent wonders of the deep. Today, Ryan Collins who writes about fishing and the outdoors for the blog www.capecodtoday.com shares stories about how large they can grow and how one particular diver has actually seen the giants up close and filmed them swimming by in abundance at only 10 feet below the surface. Some fortunate soul has even been able to catch a 60 pounder which they call “Hawgs” that can be caught in “hawgtober” since October is the ideal time for catching stripers in the waters off Cape Cod.