The surf is chockful of striped bass, especially on or near Ocean Counties barrier islands and Sandy Hook. Some of the ...

Striped bass are here, and anglers are catching them. So I thought I would share three ways that seem to be working to catch them. It's important to note that striped bass are in tough shape. They are ...

Welaka National Fish Hatchery near St. Augustine, Florida has been stocking striped bass into the St. Johns River since 1970. It provides an exciting fishery that would not otherwise exist on the ...

From keeping striped bass racks to cuts in the commercial quota, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved a set of new rules for the 2024 season during its winter session in Arlington, ...

A pair of recent papers, led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published in Fisheries Research and Marine and Coastal Fisheries, sought to comprehensively pinpoint which ...

In many long years on the New England coast, I have noticed patterns that unify the landscape. Clues for eyes and ears that speak to a subtle idea: things are not so distinct. One such hint is a ...

After a series of busts of poachers fishing for out-of-season striped bass in New York, the state's Department of Environmental Conservation has changed fishing regulations for the species.

Do you enjoy fishing for striped bass in the eastern part of the state? You can help preserve the species through a new state auction. While this saltwater fish is not native to the Berkshires, it ...

The Board Discussions at the ASMFC 2025 Annual Meeting Show the Commission Gave Greater Practical Weight to Charter, ...

Striped bass once spawned naturally in the St. Johns River around Jacksonville. Now the fishery is propped up by annual stockings. David A. Brown Welaka National Fish Hatchery near St. Augustine, ...