With new regulations requiring large stripers to be released, is 50 pounds still the holy grail for surfcasters?

The Addendum reduces all state commercial quotas by 18%, and implements a 1 fish bag limit and a 28”-35” recreational slot limit for ocean fisheries and a 1 fish bag limit and an 18” minimum size limit for Chesapeake Bay recreational fisheries.

Atlantic coastal states from Maine through North Carolina, including Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission, have scheduled their hearings to gather public input.

Striped bass are overfished, the stock is declining, and if regulations aren’t changed, the decline is expected to continue.