Summer Striper Fishing in the Monomoy Rips | S18 E03

A rip is where moving water accelerates over a shallow spot, often creating standing waves, even when the wind is still. Rips create a unique feeding opportunity for striped bass, as they wait to ambush the baitfish that have been overwhelmed by the current.
One of the most productive series of rips in the Northeast is located off Cape Cod, at the tip of Monomoy. Every summer, striped bass move into these rips to eat sand eels, squid, and mackerel. On a foggy, early summer day, Chris Megan and Kevin Blinkoff along with Rus Graham from Simrad, use their electronics to safely navigate to the striper-filled rips off Chatham, Massachusetts. When the tide is running, the stripers are stacked right in the riplines, but at slack, the bass group up and drive the baitfish to the surface for an unforgettable summertime blitz.
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[@brucedemoranville4577]

My first big bass was caught on a very foggy morning on a live herring. The year was 1972, I was 7 and the striper was 34#’s. My dad and I were in a Stur-Dee 14, hull #6, our only “electronics” was a homemade live-well and a flashlight. She was powered by a Johnson 5.5 Seahorse. My dad still uses the skiff with a newer motor. Foggy mornings or dark nights have always been my favorite times to fish. I do have a full compliment electronics now, and rely on them to steer clear in the highway our waterways have become.

[@MKOutdoors]

Another awesome video guys!!!! Can't wait for the Spring run to start here in Jersey. Thanks for sharing!

[@softballbryan]

Great Video! Loved the drone footage and the feeling you men convey while out together fishing.

[@ryanf.5430]

When was this filmed???

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

June of last year.

[@garymccloskeyjr.6265]

Grease a few of them things! They are perfect size pan fryers.

[@loganlaivins2615]

I fished the rips a week ago I caught a 40” and my dad caught a 39” as well as 20 other fish from 26” to 29”

[@jakeryan4583]

Which one ?

[@loganlaivins2615]

@@jakeryan4583 monomoy

[@jaychan9655]

What kinds rods ur guys on???

[@guyinpajamapants6892]

Spooky watching the rod bend without seeing more than 10 yards! Especially knowing that Bruce is out there stalking seals!

[@eliaskiritsy3732]

If you don’t have a radar but have an accurate gps with updated maps would you still stay in or would you head out in this fog

[@josephmannix5120]

Can't wait to get back on the water

[@bryanmarshall6878]

Great stuff as always. Just signed up for the striper Cup the other day. Can't wait to run out the Piscataqua and hit the boulder fields and rocky coast lines of southern Maine and NH!!

[@pescaconJesús]

Saludos amigo eselente pesca

[@vinnydasilva6115]

Hello, what is the best time to start fishing in cape cod, open water! ?

[@PatriaFranco]

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