Wow, what a morning. I landed a total of three stripers today, with the second fish being just over 42 inches and I would guess close to 30 lbs. I was fishing from my kayak in Raritan Bay, off of Staten Island. I was snagging bunker and live lining them. I also had another 2 fish on for close to 10 minutes each and lost one with a stripped new reel, and the other got tangled in a marker in the water. There were 2 boats fishing near me and when I hooked up to the big one, they stopped fishing and were watching me trying to land the fish.They were amazed that I was able to land a fish like this after being pulled around for close to 15 minutes. I asked one of the guys in a boat if they would mind using my camera and taking a few pictures. He was glad to come over. I am glad he did because I have about 100 pictures of fish on my lap....