Another fish that weighs highly in our list of favorites. The Striped Bass, Roccus Saxatilis. This printer’s plate has a size & age chart for the Striper during its growth in the first nine years of life. A beautiful cut that measures 4 3/8” x 4” and is a metal alloy face mounted on hardwood block. We had two top spots on the West Coast for catching these beautiful fish. There are many good waters to fish. These two were just our favorites. Bringing the boat just outside of the breaking waves at Pacifica Beach just south of San Francisco always produced nice stripers. It was a little tricky with the large waves up there but worth the effort for any serious angler. Not only did you have that great fishing, the scenery is outstanding. It’s a lengthy uphill boat ride from Half Moon Bay but again, worth the effort. Our other favorite spot was San Luis Reservoir in the hills of the San Joaquin Valley. The stripers here would boil on the surface when they find the baitfish. Casting lures works very well for them and there is not a much more exciting way to catch them. They wouldn’t always be boiling on the surface and we have also fished and caught them by running live bait. Either way produced some great stripers out of a very scenic lake.


On the East Coast, most people refer to them as Rock Fish. I fished for them once in the Chesapeake Bay and although it was a much different fishing experience, the results were incredible and provided some of the best striper fishing ever. Around October the big boys come in and there are many 40-pound class fish caught. The single time I fished there, the boat caught near 200 fish, 43 of them being the ones I caught. The Chesapeake Bay is truly a fisherman’s dream. Although we had just as much fun collecting prehistoric sharks teeth on Chesapeake Beach and Calvert Cliffs. We’re can hardly wait for our next chance for another trip down.


A nice old logo cut with a hooked fish jumping out of the water. Centered in a wreath frame embellished with leaves. This is a metal alloy face mounted on hardwood printer’s block. It measures 2” x 2” and is “type-high”. The Ocean City Fishing Club was first started in the summer of 1913 and is the oldest continuously operated fishing club in the country. The OCFC pier at 14th Street and the Boardwalk extends 635 feet from the public Boardwalk over sand into the Atlantic Ocean. Today, the Ocean City Fishing Club still carries on the tradition of good fishing, fun, sportsmanship, and fellowship among the club members and the public.