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Fish stories like this can inspire and frustrate the angler: In the 1920s, the Montauk Light keeper spotted a school of striped bass on the rocks offshore. Legend has it he made 57 casts in a little more than an hour, landing 56 stripers. Montauk, a village of 3,000 that expands ten-fold in summer when New Yorkers make the 120-mile drive to the eastern tip of Long Island, is still a great spot to surf-cast for striped bass. The best time? After Labor Day: The tourists have packed up their sand castles for the season and schools of stripers run south from Newfoundland to spawning grounds around the Chesapeake Bay.

Trip Facts
When to go: AprilOctober
Difficulty rating: Easy

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