Weld's Largemouth

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Did some surfcasting today and managed to get this 20" striper on a pencil popper that was way too big for his mouth

Take a look at the DEC website. "Massapequa Reservoir is a very popular fishing spot in Nassau County that might just be the most heavily fished pond on Long Island" I would go nowhere near it. Most spots here are pressured so its really hard to catch stuff. I'd say just get off the island and travel a little ways out of NYC and you'll see tons of lakes and ponds.

I'm still waiting for the fishing to get good...

Im with Thornback, around 13 ounces maybe 14

Sounds like spinnerbait conditions to me!

...and braid is unaffected

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Here is a great video on fishing pencil poppers

Surfcasting/shore fishing can be very difficult sometimes. I have the same issue, I rarely catch from shore. The fish are usually just out of reach of my farthest cast, and if the fish are up shallow, its high tide and I cant get near them in my waders because its just not shallow enough to stand in. But the yak makes everything better for me Went out again today, the wind was blowing like insane so I had to anchor down. Found a bunch of seagulls hovering around a school and I picked off around 9 bluefish ranging from 16"-20", all on a pencil popper. Very fun. The wind was insane; I could barely work my pencil popper and paddling back to shore across the harbor took forever and was quite the workout. Tons of fun. But I think I will stick to early mornings/late evenings and days where there is no wind. Wind and kayaks dont go well, especially when you are trying to fish

Hopefully they come in soon. Got two stripers today, each around 20". Slower than yesterday, and much more wind, which served to be a difficult task fishing from a yak.

True. The stripers come here first from the Hudson River and the filter out all around Long Island, then the Blues come down from Nova Scotia a little bit after the stripers do. No stripers are present (not many at least) in the lakes and ponds here but they are in the upper slightly brackish regions of rivers and of course the freshwater regions of the Hudson River and other inland rivers. The distance these fish travel amazes me. Its probably why they are so strong and great fighters... especially the bluefish. Feel free to report back to this thread with your reports. Hopefully this thread will turn into a saltwater pictures/reports thread. I will continue to post here. I'll be heading out on the yak again this evening and I will report back afterwards Tight lines!

Check out the DEC website for the area Right now the bass are sluggish and not biting very well but soon the summer pattern should kick in

Nice fish!

Fished from the kayak today in the harbor, caught 4 stripers and 2 bluefish. First saltwater catches of the season. All were caught on a 6.5" pencil popper. Stripers on topwater is exhilarating Post your reports below!!

grub on jighead 1/4oz spinnerbait xcalibur zell pop

Senko. I used to only throw senkos. Now I throw every type of lure, with senkos in between

I never have straightened any hooks out with braid, even the weakest trebled baits I own. I think its more of the hookset you have, its too much of a hookset.

Heddon Pop n Image Jr Has a slurp and chug unlike any other popper. Plus the paint jobs are superb.

Nice fish! What setup is tha? Rod/reel/line?

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You could always take up shore fishing

Eastern states have plenty of trout. Not all lakes have them, but most do.