But on the days I fished the Canal, I certainly didn’t experience any problems from other fishermen, and met some really nice friendly anglers such as 'Bull', a highly experienced Canal striper angler who was able to put one of my Samson long casting lures around 150 meters across the canal. I must admit that after hearing many stories about how unfriendly the locals could be, I was not sure what to expect.
Although the lures had proven to be a great success in European waters for our native bass, they had yet to be tested on their striped cousins and I was keen to see whether they would be effective lures for stripers. Although I had come over to have some fun chasing striper and bluefish, I was also very keen to test my range of Samson lures that had been designed for European sea bass. I elected to take a couple of travel rods as the airlines prices were ridiculously high and it would make more economical sense to buy a rod at my destination than pay to take my usual equipment.įor many years I had heard about the huge striper regularly caught in the States but really didn’t know much about them other than that they looked remarkably like our European sea bass, save for the striking horizontal black stripes running down each side.
With these species in mind, I decided to fly into Boston, Massachusetts and head for the Cape Cod Canal for a few days' worth of fishing. After 30 years of lure fishing for European sea bass and enjoying every minute of learning as much as I could about catching this awesome fish, I had begun to feel that a trip to the USA targeting striped bass and bluefish was long overdue.
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