As some of you have already read on my fishing report on The Fin or on my Twitter account my striped bass fishing season began this morning. Based on some local information and my log book I knew exactly where to start. When I got to my spot I was astounded by the amount of adult bunker at my feet. (pictured). I have caught my first fish of the year at the same exact spot for the last two years so today's one and only fish was expected and very welcome. Now comes my dilemma; While scouting out one of the local South shore beaches today I saw that one of my favorite cuts was open to the ocean. I had heard that it was opened about 5 days ago and was producing a steady pick of fish. Usually this cut only stays open for a few days before quickly closing. I scouted the pond this afternoon to see if I could spot any bait but none was visible. There were two guys fishing it while I was there and there were tons of tire tracks on the beach so I know either a lot of people have been looking and or fishing here. The one guy I spoke to said that there have been some fish around and that yesterday he heard it was very steady. That's the exact thing I heard about the spot I was at this morning too but as far as I could see, I was the only one who caught something. So do I go to the spot I know is holding tons of bait or do I go to a spot that has produced very well in the past (although usually later in the year for me)?
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