Tony DUrso

3 days ago | thefisherman.com | Jamie Golden |Jeff Sullivan |Tony DUrso |Matt Broderick

Fishing plastics on top can add a new level of realism to your topwater game. I had to pinch myself, looking eastward along the mostly deserted beach. The late morning sun glistened off the brilliant white curl, not much of a wave, but a long rolling arc topping impossibly clear water. So clear, and warmer than usual, that the scene could easily be mistaken for a Caribbean turquoise coastline. But the reality, while beautiful in its own right, was a South County, Rhode Island backdrop.

1 week ago | thefisherman.com | Jeff Sullivan |Tony DUrso |Matt Broderick |Tony Salerno

A short list of back bay striper baits that you might not have in your bag!When I think of spring, I think of one thing: back bay stripers. Let’s be honest, we all love seeing topwaters getting blasted from below, but the spring is special, because we can do it on a light surf stick, but to maximize your catch, you need to cover the column. Here are some of my favorite lures for backwater stripers.

2 weeks ago | thefisherman.com | Dave Anderson |Tony DUrso |Jenni Ackerman

Matching your surf rod to your casting style and personal preferences will foster consistency in your casting and catching. Never has there been a time in sportfishing when the average angler was more ‘gear obsessed’ than right now, and I don’t think that upward trend is going to flatten out any time soon.

3 weeks ago | thefisherman.com | Tony DUrso |Matt Broderick |Tony Salerno |Charley Soares

One angler’s approach to kicking off the surf season in style. It was early April as I made my way down the path leading to the bridge. The sound of a red-winged blackbird in the reeds greeted me on this unseasonably warm spring morning. Armed with a 7-foot medium-light outfit, I began working the deep eddy created by the bridge abutments with a pearl jerk shad threaded onto a 3/8-ounce jighead.

3 weeks ago | thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Tony DUrso |Tony Salerno |Charley Soares

Raritan offers one the best chances at a big striper for start of the ’25 season. Each year, as winter loosens its grip on the Northeast, a predictable pattern begins to unfold in the waters of Raritan Bay. With water temperatures creeping into the mid-40s and daylight stretching longer, striped bass make their annual push into the bay, setting the stage for some of the best trophy fishing of the season.