Effective baits and methods include anchoring or drifting with include blood worms or sand worm, live or chunked herring or tolling with stickbaits/lures. Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) - Native. I won’t lie about it. Striped Bass: 22-inch minimum size limit, 2 fish daily creel limit; LAKE JERICHO Henry County Possession or use of shad for bait is prohibited. I hate seeing the locals catch and kill big cows. Stop commercial fishing! The best fishing spots stretch from around Newburgh all the way up to the federal dam in Troy. Like Booth, he’s fine with eliminating the trophy fish option on the Hudson, saying he’s always discouraged clients from keeping the big fish. Fly fishing mystifies the whole process and endears the fly fishing experience into a spiritual event?? The breeders. I think you’re correct. Slot limits brought back the Drum in the Gulf along Louisana and they can work here too. Commercial bass fishing is probably a bigger problem. If you are catching the bass then you should educate yourself, understand the species, and catch and release correctly. It’s simple – 1. Also how many fish do you need to keep a season? 2. However research proves that poor handling and a host of related factors make a huge difference to the survival prospects of the fish which are returned. It’s time to take the politics out of fishery management and use common sense science. 1 tagged fish per day. I also agree with the circle hook mandate, and would support eliminating trebles as well. It really grinds my gears. I have lived and grew up on town neck rd. Not 19 inches for the south and 35 inch for the north. It is my opinion that the goals and targets that governed the striper fishery since the moratorium are totally off focus. New proposed striped bass regulations in New York State? Possession Limit. Circle hooks help this process of releasing relatively unharmed fish so they can feed and swim again. I agree with Gabe. How about the packs and hordes of out of staters that flood the canal ( the elite teams) that come here from New York and New Jersey and every other state and kill fish? Don’t kill the brood stock !!! 50lb striped bass are common with the striped bass record weighing 125 lbs/57 kgs and 6 feet long. And all the people fishing with rods and reels do the same it would reduce mortality rates unfortunately nobody knows the true story of what the actual mortar mortality rate is when a fish is hooked and brought aboard and then released. An increase in minimum size to 35 inches would have 50% chance at meeting target. It is a good start. Striped Bass Record. The TC found that a 17% reduction in fishing mortality from 2017 levels would be necessary to have a 50% chance of achieving the fishing mortality target. The daily bag limit for 2019 will be three fish per day. There are many good valid points here and hopefully the Striped Bass Technical Committee read these comments for consideration. i been at this for 40 years open to close to open seasons form 16/inch to 38 inch its all about the money it became big business for all for state to government to tackle shops to on line 2 fish at 28 inch was nuts it made more money for ever one that make money from it now to 36 inch this will hurt all business that makes a livening from it too the fishermen who fish for stripers to throws that love to fish keep fishing it will come around again release all keep whats legal go to all regulation hearing clubs send your layers take a stand that your rights keep fighting but keep fishing. whiskey tango foxtrot ? What i have seen in the last 5 yrs on the canal is ludicrous!!! One needs to figure out the size of your breeding fish, those are the ones to be released to insure the future of the fish species, its worked in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and parts of Europe, to name a few. All the while pogies were netted and taken out of Quincy Bay and other places leaving no place for the stripers to flourish anymore. Aside from the back and forth, how would any regulation be enforced. Everyone should participate. I agree Vince. Why not do a 2 fish limit, between 20-27”, 20” ur crazy, that’s small and makes it so less big fish to catch next season. Slot sz makes best sense during these epic times of big brutes being caught and kept ,or not knowing proper way to land and release,lets all do our share.We owe it to the stripers for shown us the best of times. It’s not rocket science. I also think the commercial sector should have to fish a slot limit as well. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Addendum VI to Amendment 6 (PDF) of the Interstate Fishery Management Plan. New York State - NY PROPOSED STRIPED BASS REGULATIONS - Size, Limits, and Hooks. The result is less instances of gut-hooked fish, which often can kill a fish after it is released. The canal needs to be made catch and release only. I always encourage the couple of guys that want to keep one to make it a small 28-30″ fish. Prime fishing time on the Hudson is usually early or mid-April to mid-May, around Mother’s Day - and sometimes, depending on the weather into early June. Description Originally native to the eastern seaboard of the US and Canada, from the St. Lawrence River to Louisiana.Introduced to Arizona in 1959. Only evisceration is allowed. NJ did the same thing with Fluke, they increased the minimum size and guaranteed that only females were keepers. The only way to get a consistent plan for management is to have the feds do it rather than have it degenerate into a pissing contest among the various state bureaucracies. Why are plugs still be sold with two and three trebles on them? God and/or our parents put us here.. We have to make the best of it. So special with those tiny fish limits everybody should have the same 28 inches. Most of the lawmakers have never fished-you know better. Capt. Anglers who use them usually hook the fish on the top or the corner of the mouth, allowing for a good catch and release. I agree with slot limit. Take what you need. Larger bass have greater fecundity. He casted his 3 treble plug into the water 4 ft in front of him about 10 times. Enforce the current regulations and go after the people who are keeping everything they catch . Here we go, the boo hoo sob story about these poor wittleeeee fishiessssss. “I’m glad they will be keeping the 18- to 28-inch slot on the Hudson,” said Capt. The Striped Bass Management Board will be discussing this information at their spring meeting in Arlington, Virginia on Tuesday, April 30. *One fish can be kept measuring 28-35 inches on marine waters (and the Delaware River). The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) last fall approved Addendum VI to Amendment 6 (PDF) of the Interstate Fishery Management Plan to address the problem. The emergency regulations reduce the commercial 2020 striped bass quota for Delaware to 142,474 pounds. Why let Maryland and Virginia keep smaller fish?If your going to address a problem then everyone should be playing by the same rules. Anything less than 28 inches and over 35 inches should be released. the limit, 28, 35, whatever, should be universal. I would also recommend restricting the number of lines per person to one especially during trophy seasons. It will be starting soon. Really? Period . Most catch and release. Here we go again with rocket science. This would make for a short day but score when you have commercial guys pulling in anything off the bottom no matter what size and what species they keep it all I never seen a commercial boat throw a popular fish overboard yes still throw a sea robin Maybe or a and unedible specie but if I catch it and want to keep it they’ll keep it all. Creel limits, coupled with slot mentioned throughout this blog are good first steps. Sign up for our FREE Fishing Reports Today! Thats my honest opinion. What are the experts saying? There are so many pictures of people foolishly holding up big stripers full of eggs that most likely didn’t live to spawn. When are the “scientists” going to figure out that when you only keep the big ones you’re removing the brood stock. Exactly. How about 1 fish per angler at least 20″ but under 28″… why encourage taking brood stock…. Great idea Vince . Fishing for lunker striped bass on Hudson River in downtown Albany (video), Spring: Prime time for catching striped bass on the Hudson River (video), Fish on! NC to ME. Statewide possession limit: No more than 10 hybrid bass or striped bass or a combination per person per day. Jimmy Samia of Ace Charters, guides on the upper Hudson from about 10 miles south of Albany down to New Baltimore. LAKE MALONE. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Bag Limits (per person) BLUE CRAB (F) Recreational crabbing Blue crab info. All Rights Reserved, Striped Bass Scientists Look at Raising Size Limit. Getting pretty fed up with all this human meddling. My point is the real problem is nature is out of balance and all of the management recommendations and slot limits and salt water licensing and stricter more punitive fines and enforcement seems to indicate the real problem is us. The southern states do more damage to the migration than the north because they have a longer striper season than us up here in the north. Description: (Anatomy of a Fish)The coloration of the dorsum ranges from deep olive to steel blue and gradients to a silvery abdomen flanked by 7 to 8 longitudinal dark stripes (sometimes broken) running from behind the gills to the base of the tail. This proposed teg would ultimately harm the striped bass fishery by putting pressure on big, breeding fish. In September 2019, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) voted to convert emergency amendments as a permanent part of regulation to Chapter 4 VAC 20-252-10 et seq., “Pertaining to the Taking of Striped Bass,” to lower the recreational possession limit to one fish (20″ minimum size) in the Chesapeake Bay area and establish a 36″ total length recreational maximum size limit … More on APP.com: About those striped bass options: 'They all stink' The two regulatory bodies then approved a coastwide one-fish daily limit for striped bass with a size limit of 28 to 35 inches. Seriously…19″ to 21″ in Maryland, and from 20″ to 22″ in Virginia – THAT’s your version of an even playing field , basically ignoring the positive impact of going to a 28″ inch minimum from NC to Maine. Next 5 years . Cohasset harbor and Cunningham’s Bridge in Cohasset only 10 years ago used to be full of pogies and thousands of stripers from time to time chasing them but I never see them anymore. Rec and commercial. Catch and release will cause mortality rates to rise reducing populations it’s simple as that rip open a fish’s mouth and then try to make it feed so you can catch it later stupid idea. We all love to fish that’s why we’re on this website. On the other hand, poachers and commercial fishermen are big problems. I agree strongly,make the whole east coast the same size range for a keeper. These are the folks that announced a major decline in the SPAWNING BIOMASS and one month then make a recommendation that the EEZ be opened up to fishing for more of the SPAWNING BIOMASS. It would make more sense to make striper fishing illegal during the spawning season and open it after all the “cows” have laid their eggs. 2020 Striped Bass Recreational Regulations: In marine waters: Slot size limit: 28" - 35" total length (No fish smaller than 28" or greater than 35" may be kept) Season date: April 15 - December 15; Daily possession limit of 1 fish/angler; In the Hudson River and its tributaries: Slot size limit: 18"- … All rights reserved (About Us). “Nobody is going to complain about that. 3. Here in Maryland, we figured out this problem several years ago, and took proactive action in reducing our size limit to 19 in and using a circle hook to obtain the proper conservation equivalents. Striped bass are anadromous fish, meaning they spend most of their lives living in saltwater but migrate into freshwater rivers to spawn. And that was one of the faster fish that he unhooked. Next man up mentality! Phase 1, protect the large females so that these provisions won’t need to be in place very long. This striped bass went for a 2oz bucktail. Let the big ones go. Valid Sep. 1, 2020 through Aug. 31, 2021. Largemouth Bass: 12 to 15-inch protective slot limit. We have done it before and it worked very well. 24″- 32″, and should be based on the entire fishery, not just regional. If we protect the SPAWNING BIOMASS rather than the fishery, won’t the fishery will always remain healthy? On the Hudson, they travel all the way up to the Troy Dam near Albany. If you want to try what we’re doing to them stick a hook in your mouth rip your tongue out rip your cheek wide open and then go try to eat dinner. Much earlier than that limit, the history of striped bass and all of the gill netting that decimated the fish since it was such a main food source for the early settlers and folks coming to North America to live, etc.made it a necessity. He said he’s been fishing some 26 years on the river and guiding for 21. American eel ... Striped bass must be kept whole, meaning the head, tail, and body remain intact. Concord, NH – Rule changes governing the harvest of striped bass and bluefish went into effect on January 30, 2020. It’s hard to understand why they are not. Striped Bass Scientists Look at Raising Size Limit. Striped bass may not be caught, harassed or possessed in the Exclusive Economic Zone, which stretches from 3–200 miles off the coast. There has only really been one initiative to address bait or herring after a moratorium on them made catching and keeping river herring a crime and even possession became a crime. Politicizing a natural resource leads to two things, the demise of that resource, and the demise of that industry based upon that resource. All other commercial fishing restrictions remain unchanged. Where are the game wardens? I was checked several times last year the big ditch fishing overnight. DMF has made three changes to its recreational striped bass regulations for 2020: A slot limit has been implemented. It’s happening now through the ASMFC. There is no Colorado River striped bass size limit, and the daily bag and possession limit is 10 fish. They are not great to eat and they are beautiful fish. 1 fish per day 22”-26” all States. And how about actual enforcement…. I never thought I’d say this but, what is the point of catch and release anyway?? It is Illegal: To possess any cut up or filleted striped bass at any time aboard any boat on the tidal waters of Maryland. The scientists don’t understand the problem is the commercial fishing killing all sizes all species no the guy who catch one fish per day .DA. Many are dead upon release or die soon thereafter. It’s these idiots we need to clamp down on. Commercial needs to be better regulated to prevent catch and sell on off days. Size Limit (TL) Possession: Restrictions: Atlantic Ocean : Charlton.Godwin@ ncdenr.gov 800-338-7805: Year round: 28” Minimum size: 1 Striped Bass per person per day: Landing Tags required May through October. Gilmore said the DEC will keep the same opening opening dates that were in effect during 2019, which is April 1 to Nov. 30 on the Hudson River and April 15 to Dec. 15 in marine waters (and the Delaware River). No mistaking a 24 in fish for a 35 in fish. Have a tag system give fisherman a number of tag for the year.let say 5 for a example a fishing person has to choose do I take this fish because it only 28 inch or do I want a bigger fish with my tag.if a person fishes tournament they get added tag and expires after tournament it will also rise money for tournament and striper recording for fish taking.Make bigger fines and license remove if not tag. It’s be better to just do strict catch and release but that could never happen. To increase the size of the fish to a larger fish is absolutely ridiculous. DEM needs to make their presence known in high volume areas and enforce the existing regulations with prejudice. Hey Striped Bass Technical Committee (TC), what’s the reason behind ignoring the obvious impact of decimating brood stocks in Maryland and Virginia. Statewide regulations apply to all public fresh waters except locations noted in the Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater Harvest Regulations. It doesn’t make any sense. When the striper bio mass became desperate back around the early 1970s the size limit was 1 fish, 36 inches or larger. striped bass are overfished and overfishing is occurring. Leave all the big bass to breed. ... (ASMFC) projects that an increase in the minimum size for the coastal striped bass fishery from 28 inches to 35 inches in 2020 would be necessary to have a 50% chance of meeting the fishing mortality target. Great rule: Massacre them in VA and MD and the hell with any other State! The entire atmosphere at the canal sucks now. Striped bass: All year, except catch & release only on spawning grounds Apr 1 – May 31. FL does something similar for tarpon and it works great. The 2020 Striped Bass Bonus Program is open until December 31, 2020. Twenty years ago I fished day and night for stripers, bluefish, flatties, tataug, cod, hake, haddock, polluck, and we ate everything we kept, including sharks. Will we soon be like the Pacific Northwest? I get a lot of repeats,” he said. Commercial guys are the ones absolutely killing everything they need to make a living they scooped everything off the bottom and we’re talkin about a guy with a hook a single hook. I agree with a slot limit!! Long ago I gave up meat fishing. Striped bass found in the Gulf of Mexico are a separate strain referred to as Gulf Coast striped bass. Possible to find nowadays let’s not do this to the striped bass population. 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