I got out for just a few hours on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and found stripers in various locations from Back Beach on down to Good Harbor. I did not observe any blitz action anywhere. My sources have indicated a much slower start to the fall run as compared to previous seasons. There have been occasional blitzes here and there over the past few weeks, but not like we have had in the past for this time of season. So what is happening? It may be that the big push is yet to materialize or that the migration may stay offshore where the food is. There have been no reports of horse mackerel schools anywhere inshore and there continues to be considerable peanut bunker offshore with the tuna.

Steve P. reports that he has taken several large stripers (40+ pounds) over the past two weeks around the Cape area beaches and shoreline.

Capt Al reported that the Merrimack is wall to wall schoolies with some keeper sized fish on the flats; typical of late September rather than mid October.

Ed D. a giude from N. Calif., with his first bluefish on the fly.

Todd H with a real nice striper caught with a Rapala X-Rap and 2 Blues on the same X-Rap!