Got this 50.5 lb bass a week ago out of Watch Hill RI. Makes my 5th bass over 50lbs.

Nice fish!:smthumbup:
I thought I saw a show one time that said that you all breed them in captivity and then restock the fry back into the system?

Thanks

I'm not sure about the restocking program here in New England but think they stock some southern lakes with striped bass. I heard that a while back a stocking program was started in California and now there is a wild bass fishery in the San Fransisco area.

Beautiful bass you got there. The striped bass here in the Northeast are wild bass. I have read that the bass in Calif were introduced but the ones we have here in the Atlantic are native fish.

That sounds right. From what I hear, striped bass were introduced into some freshwater lakes and have grown very large, 50lbs +.

Got this 50.5 lb bass a week ago out of Watch Hill RI. Makes my 5th bass over 50lbs.

Nice bass.:thumbup:

I may need to make it up there one day to bust one of them biatches.

Give me some notice and I'll do what I can to help a brother out.

NICE!

What's the best way to cook one of those sumbiches?

Going to Plymouth way tomorrow for 2 quick dives, shoot some snackies for the grill and maybe a bug or 2 for the pot. Report to follow when we're done. The lobster tournament is going on as I type this, I'm stuck at the firehouse....go figure hmm>>

That sounds right. From what I hear, striped bass were introduced into some freshwater lakes and have grown very large, 50lbs +.

Suds, my largest freshwater Striper is 55 pounds, but I've seen some much larger in Beaver Lake and hope to stick one.

Very nice fish, BTW!

Les

what states allow the spearing of striped bass? I think Mass. doesn't allow it, are there any other states like that?

what states allow the spearing of striped bass? I think Mass. doesn't allow it, are there any other states like that?

I know NY, RI and NH allow it....and maybe NJ.

CT, MA and ME do not allow it.

I wonder if Stripers are legal to shoot in Florida. I didn't find them in the regs.

illegal in virginia too.

I wonder if Stripers are legal to shoot in Florida. I didn't find them in the regs.

They migrate to FL? I didn't know that. Learned somthing new today.

You can't shoot stripers in Md or Va either.
Delaware is legal though.

There is no Stripers in FL

striper are legal in nj,2 a person in the summer

There is no Stripers in FL


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http://myfwc.com/Fishing/Fishes/stripers.html

They come out of the rivers to the bay during certain times of the year.

They migrate to FL? I didn't know that. Learned somthing new today.

I think he thought you meant Strippers :slap:

There is no Stripers in FL

My mechanic's got a couple 50# plus on his wall that he caught at the mouth of Salt Run in Saint Augustine. Say's he just anchors in the channel on an outgoing tide and let's the current work a bomber on the bottom. I sure as hell don't want to try spearing at the mouth of a east coast inlet on an out tide though, well maybe if it was clear, but I've never seen it.

There is no Stripers in FL

Only strippers