Only been out once this year, but the skippies seem to be running bigger than the last couple years. I weighed a couple on my digital scale that went 2.25lbs. Those are 5 lbers to a lot of the hybrid and striper fishermen that guess the weights of their fish!
Also caught some 6" skippies that looked like alewives. I need to get back out there with the 2lb ultralight again. Those bigger skippies really burn drag on the light line.
Brian