![]() ![]() ![]() Over the years, action began to decline, big fish became scarce, and even smaller fish were few and far between. The shallow-water catch-and-release action was exhilarating with huge numbers of 10- to 25-pound stripers caught, with 35- to 50-pounders fairly common. Twenty years ago, striped bass on the Susquehanna Flats were a world-class fishery. Richie Gaines perfectly describes the appeal that drives anglers from up and down the Striper Coast to the upper Chesapeake Bay each spring. You’re one cast away from the fish of a lifetime, a 50-pound fish on light tackle.” That description of Susquehanna Flats by Capt. This perennial upper Chesapeake hotspot has been drawing “catch & release” trophy hunters away from the Striper Coast for decades. Light tackle outfits should still be sturdy enough to exert adequate pressure on hooked fish so they can be brought to boatside, carefully unhooked and quickly photographed and released unharmed, as required by law.
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