That was the assumption when fishery managers created a rule in 2020 requiring anglers to use circle hooks when fishing with bait for striped bass. Some preliminary studies from the late 1990s ...

TRENTON - To help increase striped bass numbers, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will require anglers to use circle hooks when catch-and-release fishing for striped bass with ...

Non-offset, inline circle hooks will now be required when fishing for striped bass using natural baits. This new regulation takes effect Jan. 1 coastwide and there are no gear or mode-type exemptions ...

This year’s recreational striped bass fishing season on the Hudson River kicked off April 1, with a new mandatory “in-line” circle hook regulation for those anglers fishing with bait scheduled to ...

Hudson River and Marine District anglers should be aware that the Department of Environmental Conservation will be imposing the use of circle hooks in time for the 2021 recreational striped bass ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. – The New York State Atlantic striped bass fishing season began Wednesday with the Department of Environmental Conservation cautioning area anglers to practice social distancing during ...

Striped bass fishing will continue to be hot this week as anglers are catching fish of all sizes. The Atlantic menhaden (pogies) are here in abundance, too. Last week, angler Carol LaFrance said: ...

Last week, the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association seminar on striped bass featured "Old Salts and Young Guns" who spoke about the strategies and tactics they used to catch trophy stripers.

The 2020 striped bass season is here and with it the new regulations that were the topic of much debate in the offseason. If you're not sure of the new rules or are in the dark about them, no worries, ...