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Striped b [no swearing please] are members of the temperate b [no swearing please] family which include white perch and white bass.

General information
The striped bass, also known as rockfish south of New Jersey, can be found all along the Atlantic coast from Florida to Nova Scotia. Striped b [no swearing please] are a popular game fish and they are much venerated among surf fishermen. They can grow quite large: the world record striped b [no swearing please] caught on rod and reel is 78 lb 8 oz (35.6 kg). It was landed from a jetty in Atlantic City, NJ by Albert McReynolds. He was fishing a Rebel Windcheater during a stormy, fall night in 1982. The largest female b [no swearing please] ever caught in a bay was 76 pounds. There have been reports of striped b [no swearing please] netted weighing 125 lb (57 kg). However this was during the ( 1700s ? not sure about the date). There has not been so large a fish recorded in recent history, however these accounts indicate the growth potential that striped b [no swearing please] possess.
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Life cycle
Striped b [no swearing please] breed in freshwater and spend their adult lives in saltwater. They can also live exclusively in freshwater and currently flourish in inland water bodies such as Lake Powell and Lake Mead. For saltwater striped bass, four important bodies of water with breeding stocks of striped b [no swearing please] are: Chesapeake Bay, Massachusetts Bay/Cape Cod, Hudson River and Delaware River. There are many smaller breeding areas that contribute to the overall striped b [no swearing please] population such as the Takanasse Lake. It is believed that many of the rivers and tributaries that emptied into the Atlantic, had at one time, breeding stock of striped bass. One of the smaller breeding areas is the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, where populations from Chesapeake and Delaware bays have intermingled.
 
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Fishing for striped bass
Striped b [no swearing please] can be caught on a number of baits including: clams, eels, anchovies, bloodworms, night crawlers, chicken livers, bunker/menhaden, herring, and sand worms. At other times, striped b [no swearing please] can be very choosy about the baits they take. Because of the wide variety of baits that are known to work and their finicky nature, they are considered among fishermen as being an opportunistic or “lazy” feeder. However, it is estimated that 90% of their diet is fish.
In many of the large reservoir impoundments across the United States, striped b [no swearing please] have been introduced by state game and fish commissions to the pleasure of local anglers. They have also been hybridized with white b [no swearing please] to produce sunshine b [no swearing please] and stocked in many freshwater areas across the U.S.
This excellent fish is found all along the Atlantic coast, from Florida to Nova Scotia, fish have been caught as far north as Hudson Bay, and are common in parts of Nova Scotia. An anadromous fish, it inhabits rivers, bays, inlets, estuaries, and creeks; and is taken in great abundance, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. There, it frequently grows to the length of three, four and even five feet and weighing in some instances, a full one hundred pounds! The striped b [no swearing please] will run up some rivers a hundred miles or more, and in Maine they are found quite plentiful in the Penobscot River. Further south in Connecticut some very fine ones are taken both offshore and in the Connecticut River, and surprisingly the waters surrounding New York City have proven a fertile fishing ground with good sized specimens being caught each spring on through to summer.
East Coast striped b [no swearing please] are typically found from the Carolinas to Nova Scotia. Their primary migratory range is from the Carolinas to New York's Hudson River in the winter time and from New Jersey through Maine in summertime with the greatest concentration between Long Island, New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The migration north often begins in March for juvenile fish and April / May for adult fish. The migration south often begins in September from areas in Maine.
On the West Coast, stripers are found throughout the San Francisco Bay and surrounding coastline. They are also found in the California Aqueduct canal and lake system. Buena Vista lakes, Pyramid Lake, Castaic Lake and Silverwood Lake all have an abundance of striped bass. The lake record at Pyramid is 42 lbs! Frequent "boils" or swarms of these fish may be observed in these lakes, representing an excellent fishing opportunity, especially with Pencil Poppers or other similar trout-looking surface lures.
In winter they still keep their haunts, and do not go into deep water like other fish of similar habits. The word (bass) is said to be a Dutch name, signifying perch; but it little resembles the fish we know by that name. The b [no swearing please] is one of the most beautiful fish in point of color and perfect symmetry that swims, and next to the salmon is the most delicious for the table.
In the spring of the year the striped b [no swearing please] runs up the rivers and into other fresh water places to spawn - and then again late in the fall to shelter. The fall run is the best. It can be taken, however, nearly all the year round, and of all sizes.
The best place for fishing b [no swearing please] is the quietest place you can find, and at full neap tide. When this tide occurs early in the morning, or late in the afternoon, and if the wind is off shore and a gentle ripple on the water you may take b [no swearing please] very easily, and in abundance. In rivers, get in the exact channel, or over some deep cove, near an outlet of a brook, or some small stream.


Surfcasting: The most popular method for fishing for striped b [no swearing please] based on number of anglers is shore fishing as many anglers may not have access to a boat or simply preference. Shore fishing can include fishing the shores of inland waterways, saltwater ponds, rivers, and bays. Various methods of light tackle to heavy gear can be used. More challenging shore fishing along the immediate coastline is often referred to as Surfcasting and the anglers as Surfcasters. Surfcasters typically gear up a little differently than inshore shore anglers as the conditions tend to be more severe. Surfcasting conditions can often include high wave conditions, heavier winds, and a deluge of breaking waves, or “surf”, on the angler and angler’s equipment. In addition to rod, reel, and tackle, the surfcaster’s typical equipment list will include items for safety and for comfort such as waders, secured by a tight wader belt to prevent filling with water, dry top, line clippers, pliers, hook cutters, and knife as well as a neck light or headlight for use (sparingly) at night. Additional items for safety may include an inflatable life vest to prevent drowning accidents in more severe conditions (several fatalities along the east coast occur yearly when surfcasting) and steel studded soles attached to wader boots to improve traction when standing on slippery, weed covered rocks or jetties. More extreme surfcasting may entail climbing on rocks far from shore to gain an advantaged position or in some cases; anglers may don wetsuits to swim to rocks in water unreachable by wading. Gear used in Surfcasting tends to favor spinning or conventional reels on rods in the 8 – 10 foot range using lines of 15 – 30 pound test monofilament or equivalent diameters of braid. At the end of this line one will typically find wooden, plastic, or metal lures, or perhaps some fishing a live American Eel like one would fish a lure. Plastics lures are the most popular but the traditional methods of wooden lures are still very popular.
Trolling for b [no swearing please] is excellent sport, and is practiced a good deal by amateurs. The tackle employed is a strong hand line, and artificial bait is used with good success. This consists of silver plated "spoons, or bits of mother pearl worked into a proper shape and other ingenious contrivances to be had at the fishing-tackle stores. Squid are also an excellent bait for trolling. To fasten the squid to your hook, you should use a needle and waxed linen thread. Take off the skin of the squid, and pull out the spine - then insert the needle through the opening made by the spine, and in this way fasten your hook so the point will p [no swearing please] through near his eye - commence sewing him onto the hook from his tail, and stitch up to his neck. This is so troublesome a process that few sportsmen use it; but very large fish are taken in this manner.
 
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Striped Bass
(includes Hybrid Striped Bass)
The possession limit for striped bass/hybrid striped b [no swearing please] is two fish. Two fish 28 inches or greater Anglers participating in the Striped B [no swearing please] Bonus Program may possess an additional striped b [no swearing please] at 28 inches or greater. Anglers do not need to harvest a slot fish prior to taking a Bonus fish.

It is illegal to take, catch or kill any striped b [no swearing please] form or in any marine waters of this state, by means of a net of any description, or by any methods other than angling with a hook and line or by spear fishing.
It is illegal to possess any striped bass, or parts of a striped b [no swearing please] from which the head and/or tail has been removed (other than while in preparation or being served as food), which is less than the legal minimum size.
Harvest and possession of striped b [no swearing please] from federal waters (outside 3 miles) is prohibited.
Sale of striped b [no swearing please] in N.J. is prohibited.

Closed seasons
No person may take, attempt to take, or have in possession any striped b [no swearing please] from the following closed waters:

Jan. 1- Feb.28--All waters except the Atlantic Ocean from 0-3 miles offshore.
April 1-May 31--Delaware River & Bay and their tributaries from the upstream side of the U.S. Route 1 bridge downstream to and including the Salem River and its tributaries.

* The use of non-offset circle hooks will be required to reduce striped b [no swearing please] bycatch mortality while fishing with natural bait during the striped b [no swearing please] spawning area closure withing the Delaware River and its tributaries. This restriction will not apply to hook sizes smaller than size two. *
 
Great pic....any details???
(See skeeterville's post.)

This is Al McReynolds and this is the All Tackle World Record Striped Bass.

Caught in Brigantine NJ on a plug.
 
I think I recall reading somewhere that it took him like 8 hours or something crazy like that to get the fish in because he was using very light line
 
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