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Articles 1998 Beach and Boat - Year in Review - Capt. Jim Freda 1999 Striper Surf - Year in Review - Capt. Jim Freda 2002 Striper Surf - Year in Review - Capt. Jim Freda 2004 Year in Review, Beach and Boat - Capt. Jim Freda A Word to the Wise...Wader - Capt. Jim Freda A Sense of Place - Dave Micus Agonia, The - Dave Micus Almost Famous - Part I - Dave Micus Almost Famous - Part II - Dave Micus Almost Famous - Part III - Dave Micus Asleep at the Wheel - Bob D'Amico August, More than Meets the Eye - Capt. Jim Freda
Bait Behavior: How It Affects Your Striper Surf - Frank Daignault Bay City Fishing - Frank Daignault Beach or Bait? - Capt. Jim Freda Beyond the Keeper An excerpt from The Trophy Striper - Frank Daignault Bltz, The - Dave Micus Bunker and Trophy Bass - Capt. Jim Freda Bunker, Bunker, and More Bunker and Big Bass Too! - Capt. Jim Freda Busting the Blues - Capt. Jim Freda
Cabin Fever Stripers - Capt. Jim Freda Canal Stripers Have a Long Season - Frank Daignault Chunk'in Bait - Bob D'Amico Circle Hooks - Chris "Gil" Gillin Clams, Bunker, or Herring for Springtime Trophy Stripers - Capt. Jim Freda Cow Country: A Look at Monster Striper Hot Spots - Frank Daignault "Crabbing for Bass" - Hugh Welsh
December's Grand Finale - Capt. Jim Freda December’s End, Watching or Catching? - Capt. Jim Freda Defining the Undefinable - J. Donnelly Dragging the Eel and Other Lessons Learned - Joe Lyons
East Coast Kayak Fishing - K. Sigvardson Essential Reading for the Striped Bass Fisherman (The Bass Bum's Library) - Dave Micus
Fall's Surf Smorgasbord - Capt Jim Freda Fanatic, The - Dave Micus Fathers and Sons - Dave Micus Fight Wind: Learn The Double Haul - Randy Kadish Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System, The - John R. Leonard First Striper - Scott Lewis First Stripers -- Let the Game Begin - Frank Daignault Fishes of the Gulf of Maine - Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder Fishing the Fall Blitzes - Dave Micus Fishing Instinctively - Captain Bruce Peters Fishing with the Master (Part I) - Bob D'Amico Fishing with the Master (Part II) Fishing Rhode Island: A South Shore Primer - Joe Lyons Fishing Rhode Island On the Cheap - Joe Lyons Fishing Shack, The - Dave Micus Flavor it Mackerel - Frank Daignault Fly Fishing the Outlets - Joe Laniewski Forgotten Cape, The - Frank Daignault Four Baits to Know For Your September’s Surf Success - Capt Jim Freda
Going Back Again - Randy Kadish
Harbor Delights 'Your Rod Sleeps with the Fishes' - Rocco DeTesso Herring Choices for Spring Striper Fishing - Frank Daignault Home Waters - Dave Micus Historical Review of the Fish and Wildlife Resources of the San Francisco Bay Area, An - John E. Skinner Hurricane An excerpt from Twenty Years on the Cape - Frank Daignault
Inside Narragansett Bay - Frank Daignault Is Cape Cod Dying? - Frank Daignault Island Beach State Park - Bob D'Amico Island Beach State Park, Fishing at [Map] - Bob D'Amico January's Cabin Fever or Maybe Not - Captain Jim Freda Jump to the Back for Early Spring Stripers - Captain Jim Freda Know Your Baits and Flies - Capt. Jim Freda
Last Cast, a Memoir - Anonymous Legendary Return of Big Bass, The - C.J. Chivers Like Mike - Dave Micus Loomings - Dave Micus Long-Distance Surf Casting Techniques - Randy Kadish Love, Not Lust - Dave Micus Lure That Got Away, The - The Red Gill Story - C.J. Chivers
Memories of Fishing the Cape May Jetties - Tim Hallbauer Memorable Stripers - Frank Daignault Memories of Nauset Beach, Part I - Frank Daignault Memories of Nauset Beach, Part II - Frank Daignault Merit Guide - Joan Bessieres Miasma - Dave Micus Migrating Stripers: How Will You Do? - Frank Daignault Mitchell® Nautil™ - Bob D'Amico Moby Stripers Then and Now - Frank Daignault My March Madness - Capt. Jim Freda My Short, Happy Career as an Outdoor Writer - Dave Micus My Short Happy Career as a Commercial Fly Tyer - Dave Micus
New Jersey's "Striper Bounty" - Capt. Jim Freda Northeast Grand Slam, The - Gene Quigley November Trophies - Capt. Jim Freda
October's Harvest in the Surf - Capt. Jim Freda One Man's Treasure - Dave Micus
Peanut Bunker Blitzes-Jersey Style - Capt. Jim Freda Penetrating the Water Column - Frank Daignault
Reach That Faraway Target - Randy Kadish Reel Care - Dave Micus Rips of Monomoy, The (Part 1) - Captain Bruce Peters Rips of Monomoy, The (Part 2) - Captain Bruce Peters Romance and Bluefish - Alan Landry Running and Gunning, Proper Boating Etiquette - Capt. Jim Freda
Saltwater Fly Fishing Perspective - Capt. Jim Freda Saltwater Fly Fishing in the Surf - Capt. Jim Freda Seasoned Salt - Chris Chivers September Surf - Capt. Jim Freda Shimano Baitrunner Reel Maintenance - R. Bernknopf and S. Panus Simplify - By Dave Micus Simplifying Fly Lines - Capt. Jim Freda Smelt - Dave Micus Some Fish and Some Fishing - Frank Gray Griswold Spring Baits and Flies - Capt. Jim Freda Spring Tactics - Trophy Stripers on the Fly - Captain Gene Quigley Springtime Big Bass - Capt. Jim Freda Stars and Stripers - Alan Landry Staying Safe in the Surf - Joe Lyons Striped Bass Game Plan of Summer - Capt. Jim Freda Stripping for Success - Capt. Jim Freda Surf Bags, Boots & Waders - Roger Smith Surfcast? Are You Crazy? - Frank Daignault
Tackling Big December Bass on the Fly - Capt. Jim Freda Ten Degrees of Blitzes - Capt. Jim Freda The Big, Two Handed Rod - Dave Micus The Efficient Surfcaster - Joe Lyons The Fly Fishing Expo - Dave Micus The Fishing Log - Dave Micus The Great Shark Hunt - Dave Micus The Longest Yard - Capt. Jim Freda The One That Got Away - Dave Micus The Pilgrimage - Dave Micus The Question Answered on the Surf - J. David Weidner The Renaissance Man - Dave Micus The Striper Fisherman - Bob Thomas, Jr. This Happened to Me - Dave Micus This Tastes Like Bass - J. Donnelly Tips and Tidbits - Capt. Jim Freda Trophy Tactics - Capt. Jim Freda Trout Weenie - Dave Micus
Versatile Lefty's Deceiver, The - Gene Quigley Van Staal, The New - Bob D'Amico
What if the fish threw a blitz and nobody came? - Joe Lyons Wind Direction and Its Effect on the Striper Bite - Capt. Jim Freda Winning With Big Surf Stripers - Frank Daignault Winter Wrecking Crews, The - R. Henderson
You Can Never Say No to the Call of the Sea! - Monty Campuzano "You seen any bunkah?"- Capt Steve Byrne Your Big Striper Chances - Frank Daignault
Bait Behavior: How It Affects Your Striper Surf - Frank Daignault Baitfishing: Chunks Baitfishing: Clams Baitfishing: Eels Baitfishing: Let's Get Serious Baitfishing: Rigs - Chunks Baitfishing: Rigs - High Low
Beach Buggy (4 x 4) Access - New Jersey Beach Buggy (4 x 4) Off Road Equipment (Rules of the Road) Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix [History & Science section]
Books Eastern Tides by Frank Daignault Fishing the New Jersey Coast by Jim Freda Fly Fishing the Striper Surf by Frank Daignault Night Tides: The Striper Fishing Legend of Billy the Greek by M. Cinquemani Saltwater Fishing a Tactical Approach by J. Freda, G. Quigley and S.E. Caris Striper Surf by Frank Daignault Striper Hot Spots by Frank Daignault Twenty Years on the Cape by Frank Daignault The Trophy Striper by Frank Daignault
Boots, Waders & Surf Bags - Roger Smith Bunker and Trophy Bass - Capt. Jim Freda Bunker, Bunker, and More Bunker and Big Bass Too! - Capt. Jim Freda Busting the Blues - Capt. Jim Freda
Column, Grumblings, Ramblings and Fish Stories by Bob D'Amico Flying Over Iran This Week in History - April Gone Fishing Life Experiences Dog Days September 11, 2002 A Very Good Year, but... An American Family
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D'Amico, Bob Asleep at the Wheel Baitfishing: Let's Get Serious - Part I The Fine Line Between Fish and Man Baitfishing: Let's Get Serious - Part II Chunk'in Bait CSI: Mitchell® Nautil™ Fishing with the Master - Part I Fishing with the Master - Part II Fishing at Island Beach State Park High Low Striped Bass Bait Rig How to Rig Red Gills & Teasers Island Beach State Park Stripers and "Jersey Clams" The Column - Grumblings, Ramblings and Fish Stories
§ Flying Over Iran § This Week in History § Gone Fishing § Life's Experiences § Dog Days § September 11 § A Very Good Year, but... § An American Family § A Letter From Viet Nam
Daignault, Frank Beyond the Keeper An excerpt from The Trophy Striper Connecticut's First Stripers Daignault Meets Cinto After 30 Years How They Hit Hurricane An excerpt from Twenty Years on the Cape Memories of Nauset Beach (Part I) Memories of Nauset Beach (Part II) Montauk On My Right and Provincetown on my left! (Two Parts) Your Big Striper Chances Seasoned Salt - An Interview Bait Behavior: How It Affects Your Striper Surf Bay City Fishing Canal Stripers Have a Long Season Casting Tips for Distance Cow Country: A Look at Monster Striper Hot Spots First Stripers -- Let the Game Begin Flavor it Mackerel Herring Choices for Spring Striper Fishing Inside Narragansett Bay Is Cape Cod Dying? Memorable Stripers - An excerpt from The Trophy Striper Migrating Stripers, How Will You Do? Moby Stripers Then and Now Penetrating the Water Column Surfcast? Are You Crazy? The Forgotten Cape Where Stripers Call Winning With Big Surf Stripers Message Board Forum "Ask Frank Daignault Forum" Additional Information and Ordering Daignault Books More: Eastern Tides More: Fly Fishing the Striper Surf More: Twenty Years on the Cape More Book Reviews Book Order Form
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Fly Fishing the Salt Introduction Saltwater Fly Pattern INDEX Why Fly? - Ed Zaun Fly Fishing Glossary - Ed Zaun Fly Fishing on a Shoe String - Ed Zaun Fly Selection - Ed Zaun Fight Wind: Learn The Double Haul - Randy Kadish Reach That Faraway Target - Randy Kadish Get Organized - Ed Zaun One Man's Trash - Ed Zaun Busting the Blues Get'em with Sand Eel Imitations Know Your Baits and Flies Northeast Grand Slam, The Saltwater Fly Fishing Perspective Shooting the Suds, Albies on the Fly Simplifying Fly Lines Spring Tactics - Trophy Stripers on the Fly Springtime Big Bass Tackling Big December Bass on the Fly! The Versatile Lefty's Deceiver
Freda, Jim Saltwater Fly Fishing in the Surf Beach or Bait? Perspective on Surf Fishing & Beach Replenishment Busting the Blues Cabin Fever Stripers Get'em with Sand Eel Imitations Know Your Baits and Flies Shooting the Suds, Albies on the Fly Simplifying Fly Lines Slack Water Explained Springtime Big Bass Trophy Tactics 1998 The Year in Review 1999 The Year in Review 2002 The Year in Review A Glimpse into 2008 A Word to the Wise...Wader August, More than Meets the Eye Bunker and Trophy Bass Bunker, Bunker, and More Bunker and Big Bass Too! Clams, Bunker, or Herring for Springtime Trophy Stripers December’s End, Watching or Catching? December's Grand Finale Fall's Surf Smorgasbord Four Baits to Know For Your September’s Surf Success January's Cabin Fever or Maybe Not Jump to the Back for Early Spring Stripers My March Madness New Jersey’s “Striper Bounty” November Trophies October' Harvest in the Surf Peanut Bunker Blitzes-Jersey Style Running and Gunning, Proper Boating Etiquette Saltwater Fly Fishing Perspective September Surf Spring Baits and Flies Stretching into Spring Striped Bass Game Plan of Summer Striped Bass Game Plan of Summer (Part II) Stripping for Success Surf Scanning Tackling Big December Bass on the Fly! Ten Degrees of Blitzes The 2004 Year in Review, Beach and Boat The Longest Yard Tips and Tidbits Wind Direction and its Localized Effect on the Striper Bite
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History and Science of Fish and Fishing, The Fishes of the Gulf of Maine by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus) Striped bass Roccus saxatilis (Walbaum) Summer flounder (fluke) Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus) Weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider)
An Historical Review of the Fish and Wildlife Resources of the San Francisco Bay Area by John E. Skinner Striped Bass - Commercial Fishery Striped Bass - Sport Fishery Striped Bass Life History Notes
Atlantic Striped Bass Studies - 2005 Biennial Report to Congress National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Striped Bass Habitat - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commisssion
Some Fish and Some Fishing by Frank Gray Griswold The Fish Car Era of the National Fish Hatchery System by John R. Leonard Taking the Record Striped Bass of 1913 by Charles B. Church
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2004 Year in Review, Beach and Boat - Capt. Jim Freda The Agonia - Dave Micus Almost Famous - Part I - Dave Micus Almost Famous - Part II - Dave Micus Almost Famous - Part III - Dave Micus August, More than Meets the Eye - Capt. Jim Freda Bait Behavior: How It Affects Your Striper Surf Bay City Fishing - by Frank Daignault Bunker, Bunker, & More Bunker & Big Bass Too! - Capt. Jim Freda Clams, Bunker, or Herring for Springtime Trophy Stripers - Capt. Jim Freda Cow Country: A Look at Monster Striper Hot Spots - Frank Daignault Dragging the Eel and Other Lessons Learned - Joe Lyons Efficient Surfcaster, The - Joe Lyons Essential Reading ... (The Bass Bum's Library) - Dave Micus Fall's Surf Smorgasbord - Capt Jim Freda Fight Wind: Learn The Double Haul - Randy Kadish First Stripers -- Let the Game Begin - Frank Daignault Fishing Rhode Island On the Cheap - Joe Lyons Forgotten Cape, The - Frank Daignault Four Baits to Know For Your September’s Surf Success - Capt. Jim Freda Herring Choices for Spring Striper Fishing - Frank Daignault Inside Narragansett Bay - Frank Daignault Is Cape Cod Dying? - Frank Daignault January's Cabin Fever or Maybe Not - Capt. Jim Freda Jump to the Back for Early Spring Stripers - Captain Jim Freda Long-Distance Surf Casting Techniques - Randy Kadish Memorable Stripers - Frank Daignault Migrating Stripers: How Will You Do? - Frank Daignault Moby Stripers Then and Now - Frank Daignault Montauk on My Right - Frank Daignault My March Madness - Capt. Jim Freda New Jersey’s “Striper Bounty” - Capt. Jim Freda November Trophies - Capt. Jim Freda Trout Weenie - Dave Micus Peanut Bunker Blitzes - Jersey Style - Capt. Jim Freda Penetrating the Water Column - Frank Daignault The Pilgrimage - Dave Micus Reach That Faraway Target - Randy Kadish Reel Care - Dave Micus Running and Gunning, Proper Boating Etiquette - Capt. Jim Freda Saltwater Fly Fishing Perspective - Capt. Jim Freda September Surf- Capt. Jim Freda Spring Baits and Flies- Capt. Jim Freda Striped Bass Game Plan of Summer - Capt. Jim Freda Stretching into Spring - Capt. Jim Freda Stripping for Success - Capt. Jim Freda Surfcast? Are You Crazy? - Frank Daignault Tackling Big December Bass on the Fly - Capt. Jim Freda Ten Degrees of Blitzes - Capt. Jim Freda The Longest Yard - Capt. Jim Freda Tips and Tidbits - Capt. Jim Freda Trout Weenie - Dave Micus Wind Direction and Its Effect on the Striper Bite - Capt. Jim Freda "You seen any bunkah?"- Capt. Steve Byrne
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