Potomac Fall Striper Timing

[Gerry_Ostheimer]

Dear TPFR,

This "cooler" weather is starting to make me think about fall striped bass.

When do larger stripers invade the upper reaches of the TP to intercept descending bait?

End of September?

Mid-October?

Thanks much and see you out there,

Gerry

p.s. Attached is a photo of an October steelhead from BC.

[Rob Snowhite]

Gerry,

There are some larger schoolies mixed in with the 6" and 10" class sizes.  The river is full of shadlings and the stripers are gorging on them. Its just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

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[FlyTimesDC]

I hear ya on the striper run. Like Rob said, occasionally nicer fish will mix in with the schoolies (I've caught several keeper sized stripers this summer), but it's mostly smaller fish. Some places that will hold larger stripers are the Tidal Basin, Gravelly Point, Chain Bridge, and Four Mile Run. My personal best this summer was a 22-inch fish in the Tidal Basin back in early June. A really good fish for this area is around 30-inches.

 I caught a fair amount of stripers in and throughout May and June but haven't really seen any since July. However, I imagine they'll start moving back in when the water temps start falling back into the 70s and below in mid-September/October. Most fish migrate in and out of the area, but there is a healthy population of residential fish that make the river their home. 

 I'd like to get out on the Potomac and fish closer to the mouth of the Chesapeake in the hopes of hooking into some nicer stripers, blue fish, and maybe even a redfish. If anyone has any information on this or would want to take an exploratory trip out there, let me know!

[Matthew Longley]

Hey guys, I'm thinking about trying to get out Sunday to chase some stripers.  I can't do too early (will be a late Sat night), but I have a car and wouldn't mind picking anyone up.  Probably looking to go somewhere within an hour, but could even do Chain Bridge or somewhere close.

I'm from Maine, and have been reading fishing reports on maineflyfish.com for the past month and its driving me crazy.  Its peak striper time there, and folks are just hauling in 30inch plus fish off the beach.  I gotta get some action.

On Saturday, August 25, 2012 10:09:42 AM UTC-4, hallt wrote:

Does anyone target the trophy stripers in the spring with flies? Or are they mainly targeted with conventional tackle/live bait? I just move to DC from eastern NC and appreciate this site. Thanks for all the information.

On Friday, August 17, 2012 5:57:02 PM UTC-4, Gerry_Ostheimer wrote:

[Aaron O]

Hey Matt,

 

 

 

 

I'm definitely interested but I have already made plans with the better half.  Let me know next time you want to go out and fish.  I will be going to Chainbridge on Saturday so I will let you know how it is.  I should state that you will not be seeing any 30+ inch stripers at chainbridge however I will do my best to make ya proud.    :)

 

Aaron