Striped Bass: What You Need to Know

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Circle Hooks

Circle hooks are required when fishing recreationally for striped bass with bait.

No filleting of striped bass or possession of racks or fillets is permitted while actively fishing with lines in the water.
Racks must be retained and kept whole (including the head, tail, and body) and no striped bass shall be mutilated in a manner that prevents accurate measurement.
No more than 2 fillets should be taken from a legal striped bass; the equivalent of one fish per angler.
Private rec anglers: racks must be retained until the vessel is secured to the dock or removed from the water and all fillets have been offloaded.
Party/charter: racks must be retained until the vessel is secured to the dock or removed from the water, all paying passengers have disembarked, and all fillets have been offloaded.

Recreationally harvested striped bass must be between 28" and less than 31".