Stripers or lack thereof!

Conor, Henry and I met Capt Dave Guerard at Wells Harbor on June 26th for our annual striper charter. The tides were at their astronomical extreme and we had to jump out of the boat to lift it out of the harbor at low tide.

Leaving the harbor between the two jetties we immediately saw striper working bait about 10 feet off the southern jetty. I hooked up on my 4th cast and Henry quickly thereafter. The fish were smallish, about 20 inches and we thought we were in for many more so we worked them quickly and didn't take great pictures. Little did we know that these would be our only stripers for the day. My hookup came on a 7 inch pencil popper and Henry's on a 6 inch sluggo. After leaving the channel we proceeded to hit structure and rips up the lemme bunk and back with only a few follows and sightings. We has a great time but of course were disappointed not to have had better luck. I was particularly disappointed that conor did not get on any fish.