Striper Hot Spots--Mid Atlantic The Surfcasting Locations from North Carolina to Connecticut

by Daignault, Frank

• ISBN13: 9781580801645
• ISBN10: 1580801641
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-16
• Publisher: Burford Books

Summary

This book documents the best striped-bass fishing spots for the Mid Atlantic surfcaster from North Carolina's Outer Banks through the east end of Connecticut, and includes such prime locates as Hatteras, Assateague National Seashore, Pennsylvania's lower and upper Delaware, Cape May Point, Island Beach State Park, Montauk, Orient Point, Hudson River locates, the Thames and Housatonic Rivers, and many more. Tackle and technique specific to each area is covered in full.

Author Biography

Frank Daignault is widely acknowledged as one of America's most knowledgeable surfcasters. He is the author of The Trophy Striper and many other books, and is a regular contributor to Salt Water Sportsman. Field Stream, and many other publications. He lives in Milville, MA.

Table of Contents

How the Spots Rate for Fishing 1-5	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xxi
North Carolina
Map	p. 1
Okracoke Inlet	p. 7
Hatteras Inlet	p. 8
Cape Point at Buxton	p. 10
Oregon Inlet	p. 13
Pamlico Sound Shallows	p. 14
Outer Banks Fishing Piers	p. 17
Hatteras Open Beach	p. 19
The Delmarva Peninsula
Map	p. 23
Assateague Island National Seashore	p. 27
Assateague Barrier Islands	p. 31
Ocean City Potpourri	p. 33
Indian River Inlet	p. 35
Delaware State Parks	p. 37
Pennsylvania
Map	p. 39
Lower Delaware River	p. 45
Schuylkill River	p. 46
Upper Delaware River (above tidewater)	p. 48
New Jersey
Map	p. 51
Nuances of Jetties	p. 55
New Jersey Saltwater Fishing Piers	p. 58
Cape May Point	p. 60
Hereford Inlet	p. 62
Townsend's Inlet	p. 63
Corson's Inlet (Strathmere Inlet)	p. 65
Great Egg Harbor	p. 67
Absecon Inlet Plus	p. 68
Graveling Point (Radio Road approach)	p. 70
Mystic Islands	p. 72
Brigantine Inlet	p. 73
Beach Haven Inlet (Hole Gate)	p. 75
Long Beach Island	p. 76
Barnegat Inlet South Jetty	p. 77
Barnegat Inlet North Jetty	p. 79
Sedge Island	p. 81
Island Beach	p. 83
Point Pleasant Canal	p. 91
Brick Beach	p. 92
Manasquan Inlet	p. 94
Shark River Inlet	p. 96
Manasquan to Long Branch	p. 97
Sandy Hook Point	p. 101
Lighthouse Bay	p. 103
New York
Map	p. 105
Piermont Pier	p. 109
Croton Bay	p. 110
Troy Dam	p. 112
Manhattan Fishing Accesses	p. 114
Breezy Point	p. 119
Silver Point/Long Beach	p. 122
Point Lookout	p. 123
Jones Inlet (West End 2)	p. 124
Captree State Park	p. 126
Fire Island	p. 127
Moriches Inlet	p. 129
Shinnecock Inlet	p. 131
Nepeague Beach	p. 133
Montauk Point (Long Island)	p. 134
Orient Point	p. 142
Long Island North Shore	p. 144
Sunken Meadow State Park	p. 145
Long Island Power Authority Power Station (LILCO)	p. 147
Connecticut
Map	p. 149
Calf Pasture Point and Town Pier	p. 153
Cedar Point and Compo Beach	p. 154
Penfield Reef	p. 156
Saint Mary's Beach, Ash Creek, and Henry J. Moore Fishing Pier	p. 157
Housatonic River	p. 159
Silver Sands State Park (Charles Island)	p. 161
Enfield Dam	p. 163
Hammonasset Beach State Park	p. 164
Cornfield Point	p. 165
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Marine Headquarters	p. 167
Sound View Beach	p. 168
Niantic River	p. 169
Harkness Memorial State Park	p. 171
Thames River	p. 173
Bluff Point State Park	p. 175
Inlets: Where Stripers Prowl	p. 179
Pick of the Month	p. 185
Best in Species	p. 187
Usual and Customary Requirements for an Over-sand Vehicle	p. 189
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