Bunkers

  Stripers are chasing after the bunker fish in Little Neck Bay now.  Bunkers are one of the stripers' favorite preys because they are abundant and fatty.  They like to swim in large schools.  Some are reportedly up to 40 miles long according to Wikipedia.

  I saw several Peanut Bunker schools in Breezy Point 2 years ago.  Each school was as large as a tennis court.  It looked like black cloud floating in the sea and stayed there for a week or two. You bet I had some good times. 

   I have a few selections of the bunker flies.  EP fiber fly is easy to make and has a good imitation of the fat fish.

  
 My Peanut  Bunker tying is shown below:


















 Tie different colors of EP fiber above and below the hook shank.

  After trimming the fiber,  apply Softex on the head part of the body to make  bases for gluing the eyes.

Put a few drops of epoxy over the eyes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

A school of my Peanut Bunkers.