Striped bass are in the Roanoke River now and are being caught in great numbers already. The fish have not started to sdpawn yet. Most of the fish being caught are hickory shad but every third or fourth fish is a rockfish. that's not bad considering tha
t you are catching about 100 fish a day of fishing. In two weeks (maybe less) the strieprs will be in so thick that the shad won't have a chance to bite anything.