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Maryland Enacts Striped Bass Emergency Regulations to Increase Protections for the Spawning Population

February 9, 2024Across Our Desk

Striped bass emergency regulations submitted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to bolster the species’ spawning population were approved on February 9, 2024 by the Maryland General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review, and are effective immediately. The emergency regulations extend periods of closure to recreational striped bass fishing in the […]

Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources Offers Guidance for Striped Bass Season

April 29, 2020Across Our Desk

Marylanders are reminded that the governor’s Stay at Home directive to reduce COVID-19 transmission remains in place, and recreational fishing and boating are currently prohibited. Fishing for sustenance is allowed, which means anglers must catch and keep any legal fish and should return home as quickly as possible after doing so. Under those guidelines, trophy-sized […]

Maryland’s Striped Bass Conservation Regulations Set for Spring 2020

February 13, 2020Across Our Desk

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced new striped bass conservation measures for the Spring 2020 fishing season to meet a coast-wide conservation target. The 2018 benchmark stock assessment for striped bass indicated declines, so the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has determined that conservation measures are needed for the 2020 fishing season. ASMFC […]

Maryland’s Regular Striped Bass Season Opens May 15, 2019

May 15, 2019Across Our Desk

Maryland’s regular striped bass season gets underway on May 16, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources reminds anglers that conservation regulations put in place last year are in effect through the end of 2019. When fishing in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, anglers must use non-offset circle hooks when live-lining or chumming, […]

Maryland Stresses Practical Striped Bass Conservation Efforts

May 3, 2019Across Our Desk

Following deliberations by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) on the status of the striped bass population along the Atlantic Coast, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources continued its ongoing leadership in striped bass conservation efforts. At this week’s ASMFC meeting, Maryland again addressed the most pressing problem facing the Chesapeake Bay’s striper population […]

Maryland Striped Bass Trophy Season Opens April 20, 2019

April 17, 2019Across Our Desk

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that the state’s trophy striped bass season will begin April 20 and last through May 15, 2019. Anglers may catch one striped bass per day, with a minimum size of 35 inches, in the Chesapeake Bay from Brewerton Channel to the Virginia state line. Maryland is part of […]

Anglers Urged to Help Protect Maryland’s State Fish

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018Across Our Desk

Fishing for striped bass in Maryland is an annual rite of summer, but anglers are advised to follow a few basic measures to help protect the iconic species during the hottest part of the season. Seasonal high water temperatures and low oxygen can cause fish to become sensitive and stressed, with increased mortality during catch-and-release. […]