Epic Striper Fishing on the Jen-Jen by Larry Leary

Posted on November 17, 2023 by kelli

Brian, Tyler, friend Smity and I left the dock at 5:45 AM heading to IBSP. We wound up going past Ortley before we started seeing life. Started catching there and then headed back south. The fish were all over the place hitting top water plugs.

We then fished the jetty and caught a few keeper Tog and more stripers. We continued south past the inlet for more Striper action. Never caught this many bass on top water in my life.
It was certainly a day to remember!

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