The big news is that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will require circle hooks in both bait and bait-lure rigs for billfish tournaments beginning Jan. 1. The regulation, which was ...

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 ...

The majority of striped bass anglers release most of the fish they catch. The current limit for stripers is one fish a day, 28 or more inches in length. The fillets from a legal-size striper will feed ...

After breezing through the massive federal budget bill — and breathing a sigh of relief to see funding for Chesapeake restoration has been restored —and then binge watching the insanely additive ...

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 ...

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.

More and more anglers, along with light-tackle Bay captains, are using and suggesting circle hooks to those for whom a “J” hook has been the only hook choice. “J” hooks are straight-shank hooks with ...

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 ...

In an effort to protect an iconic fish in New Jersey and along the Atlantic Coast, regulators have approved sweeping changes to tighten regulations on striped bass fishing. On Wednesday, the agency in ...