Tony Salerno

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month ago | thefisherman.com | Tony Salerno |Charley Soares |Scott Newhall |Tom Melton

A spot that promises some of the first Peconic stripers of the season. Many years back – and I mean many years back, when flounder fishing was sensational during the spring inside the Peconic Bays – I recall one particular trip in late March. It was a chilly cloudy day with rain at times that would turn to snow and then rain again. To make matters worse, it was blowing pretty good from the bone chilling east.

Jul 7, 2024 | thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Nick Honachefsky |Tony Salerno |Mike “Wicked” Wec

Tips and tricks for landing the biggest fluke of July for the Dreamboat Challenge. The Fisherman’s Dreamboat Challenge is well underway and there’s still plenty of time left to see a major shuffle on the leaderboard by the time fall rolls around. For those of you who are not aware, in addition to the main leaderboard and prizes at stake, some other great prizes are up for grabs. One of those prizes is the Fish of the Month winners. Last month (June) was sea robin and, in July, we switch to fluke.