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  Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries: Striped Bass - Species Profile
The striped bass, or "striper," one of the most avidly pursued of all coastal sport fish, is native to most of the East Coast, ranging from the lower St. Lawrence River in Canada to Northern Florida, and along portions of the Gulf of Mexico.
Striped bass eat a variety of foods, including fish such as alewives, flounder, sea herring, menhaden, mummichogs, sand lance, silver hake, tomcod, smelt, silversides, and eels, as well as lobsters, crabs, soft clams, small mussels, annelids (sea worms), and squid.
Striped bass populations have a history of periods of abundance interspersed with periods of scarcity.
www.mass.gov /dfwele/dmf/recreationalfishing/stripedbass.htm   (2271 words)

  
 Morone saxatilis - Striped Bass
The Striped Bass is the largest member of the sea bass family, often called "temperate" or "true" bass to distinguish it from species such as largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass which are actually members of the sunfish family Centrarchidae.
Striped bass are also used as a "biological control" to regulate gizzard shad and herring populations in large reservoirs.
Striped bass are the largest species of the sea bass family, Moronidae, order Perciformes, often called "temperate" or "true" bass to distinguish them from species such as largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass which are actually members of the sunfish family, Centrarchidae.
www.arkansasstripers.com /morone-saxatilis-striped-bass.htm   (1918 words)

  
 Striped Bass
Unlike largemouth bass, it is not considered harmful to fish for striped bass during the spawn.
Striped bass have a light, delicate flavor and are delicious when filleted and prepared in almost any manner.
Striped Bass (morone saxatilis) are the largest members of the Moronidae family, which includes the white bass and the yellow bass.
mike_esq.tripod.com /mikesfishingtips/id2.html   (1198 words)

  
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Striped bass is a silvery fish that gets its name from the seven or eight dark, continuous stripes along the side of its body.
Striped bass tend to move north to nearshore waters of the New England coast during the summer, and south to the North Carolina/Virginia Capes during the winter.
Striped bass are one of the most sought after commercial and recreational finfish in Chesapeake Bay, and its harvest within the Bay is determined by the Commission.
www.dnr.state.md.us /fisheries/education/rockfish/rockfish.html   (1390 words)

  
 The True Bass of New York
Striped bass are found along the Atlantic Coast from the St. Lawrence River in Canada to the St. Johns River in Florida.
Striped bass found along the mid-Atlantic coast are produced in the Hudson and Delaware rivers, the Chesapeake Bay system, and the Roanoke River.
Striped bass are anadromous, migrating to freshwater from the sea to spawn.
www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/fish/fishspecs/trbastxt.html   (2587 words)

  
 Striped bass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For saltwater striped bass, four important bodies of water with breeding stocks of striped bass are: Chesapeake Bay, Massachusetts Bay/Cape Cod, Hudson River and Delaware River.
Striped bass can be caught using a number of baits including: clams, eels, anchovies, bloodworms, nightcrawlers, chicken livers, menhaden, herring, shad, and sandworms.
The record striped bass catch at Pyramid Lake in The Grapevine was 42 pounds.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Striped_bass   (1393 words)

  
 Status of Fisheries Resources off Northeastern United States - Striped Bass
Most striped bass along the Atlantic coast are involved in two types of migrations: an upriver spawning migration from late winter to early spring, and coastal migrations that are apparently not associated with spawning activity.
Coastal migrations may be quite extensive; striped bass tagged in Chesapeake Bay in winter and spring have been recaptured during the summer in the Bay of Fundy and fish tagged in the Hudson in spring have been recaptured off the coast of North Carolina during the winter.
Striped bass are managed under a fishery management plan developed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission under the authority of the Striped Bass Conservation Act.
www.nefsc.noaa.gov /sos/spsyn/af/sbass   (748 words)

  
 Striped_bass
The hybrid striped bass is similar in appearance to the striped bass but can be identified by broken lines on the sides and a much thicker and deeper body.
Striped bass are marine fish native to the Atlantic slope from Canada to Florida and west to eastern Texas.
Striped bass fisheries are actively managed in 13 reservoirs throughout the Piedmont and foothills of North Carolina.
www.ncwildlife.org /pg03_Fishing/profiles/pages/Striped_bass.htm   (434 words)

  
 The striped Bass - Stripers 247.com - Stripers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Life for the striped bass begins in the estuary: at one time the Chesapeake Bay was the spawning ground for nearly 90 percent of the Atlantic population.
Striped bass larvae feed primarily on copepods (crustaceans) in both larval and mature stages, and cladocerans (water fleas).
Maryland and Delaware imposed fishing moratoria from 1985 to 1989, and Virginia imposed a one-year moratorium in 1989.
www.stripers247.com /TheStripedBass.html   (1411 words)

  
 Welcome to California
Strong tidal currents are usually present on striped bass fishing grounds; therefore, it is particularly important to have a varied assortment of sinkers, so the amount of weight can be adjusted to match the changing strength of the current.
Striped bass angling is done all year, but fishing localities vary seasonally in accordance with the striped bass migratory pattern.
During the winter, striped bass are spread from San Francisco Bay throughout the Delta and fishing is generally poor because stripers do not feed actively when the water is cold.
www.delta.dfg.ca.gov /stripedbass/fishingtips.asp   (1172 words)

  
 Striped Bass
The striped bass is found along the western Atlantic coast from the St. Lawrence River in Canada to the St. Johns River in Florida.
Striped bass is classified as an anadromous fish, meaning it migrates from salt water to fresh water during the spawning season.
The spawning activities of striped bass are triggered by an increase in water temperature, and occur near the surface in fresh or slightly brackish waters.
seagrant.gso.uri.edu /factsheets/stripedbass.html   (1052 words)

  
 Striped bass
Bass off the open coast are most likely to be found along sandy beaches, in shallow bays, along rocky stretches, over and among submerged or partially submerged rocks and boulders, and at the mouths of estuaries, the precise situations that they occupy being governed by the availability of food.
Bass are active over a temperature range from perhaps 70° down to about 43°-46° F. Present indications are that if the temperature falls lower they either withdraw to somewhat warmer water if off the outer coast, or lie on the bottom in a more or less sluggish state if they are in some estuary.
Bass in captivity have been known to grow from 6 inches long to 20 inches in 11 months, while some that were kept in a certain pond in Rhode Island are described as having gained weight from 1 pound in June to 6 pounds in October.
www.gma.org /fogm/Roccus_saxatilis.htm   (10278 words)

  
 Striped Bass
Striped bass fisheries utilize a range of gears, many of which have minimal impacts on habitat such as hook and line gear and midwater gillnets.
Wild Atlantic Striped bass are found in the western Atlantic from the St. Lawrence River in Canada to the St. John’s River in northern Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
As the Striped bass population is now abundant, it is reasonable to assume that the habitat is capable of supporting the species.
www.blueoceaninstitute.org /seafood/species/2.html   (2895 words)

  
 Hybrid Striped Bass
Hybrid striped bass are a laboratory cross between striped bass (rockfish) (Morone saxatilis) and white bass (Morone chrysops).
Striped bass are anadromous fish associated with coastal streams when they are breeding migrants in freshwater, otherwise, they are coastal salt-water residents.
In landlocked freshwater systems, striped bass may run from a lake into a river system, spending the majority of their life cycle in the larger body of water, but returning to freshwater streams to spawn.
www.agmrc.org /agmrc/commodity/aquaculture/hybridstripedbass   (1129 words)

  
 Striped Bass
During the 1970s and 1980s, striped bass declined alarmingly, especially in the Chesapeake, once the spawning and nursery ground for nearly 90 percent of the Atlantic population.
Striped bass spawn in fresh water but spend most of their adult lives in the ocean.
By 1985, a coast-wide striped bass tagging and hatchery program was initiated to determine the rates of exploitation and natural mortality, and determine if hatchery-reared fish could supplement wild stocks in severely depleted rivers.
www.fws.gov /chesapeakebay/striper.htm   (1198 words)

  
 Striped Bass Fishing Lures
Habitat: Striped Bass (fish) is the largest member of the sea bass family, often called "temperate" or "true" bass to distinguish it from species such as largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass which are actually members of the sunfish family Centrarchidae.
Striped bass are silvery, shading to olive-green on the back and white on the belly, with seven or eight uninterrupted horizontal stripes on each side of the body.
Striped bass have two sharp points on each gill cover, and white bass have one.
www.ebait.com /stripedbass.html   (436 words)

  
 Stripers
The stripes are often interrupted or broken and are usually absent on young fish of less than six inches.
Because striped bass eggs must remain suspended in a current until hatching, impoundments are unsuitable for natural reproduction.
Description - The sunshine bass is a hybrid produced by crossing a female white bass with a male striped bass.
floridafisheries.com /Fishes/stripers.html   (1769 words)

  
 Striped bass in season - The Boston Globe
Bay State fishermen will be swarming the coast for striped bass in the coming weeks.
The best bait to attract large striped bass is chunk herring; however, pogies and chunk mackerel work well, too.
The biggest bass this week, a 39 1/2-inch catch, was dragged in using chunk mackerel.
www.boston.com /sports/articles/2006/07/07/striped_bass_in_season   (534 words)

  
 Striped Bass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The striped bass, an anadromous fish, inhabits marine and estuarine waters from the St. Lawrence River to the St. Johns River, Florida, and along the Gulf Coast to Louisiana (Raney 1952).
Striped bass eggs are slightly heavier than fresh water (Raney 1952) and have a tendency to sink.
Striped bass spawn in areas with good flow and/or tidal action which provides increased agitation and aeration to the eggs and helps keep them in suspension.
elib.cs.berkeley.edu /kopec/tr9/html/sp-striped-bass.html   (1123 words)

  
 Striped bass
Striped bass are dark olive green to steel blue on top, with silver colored sides and a white underbelly.
Striped bass are usually three and one-third times as long as they are deep.
Striped bass are one of Maine's most important saltwater gamefish, being renowned for their powerful fight and excellent flavor.
www.state.me.us /dmr/recreational/fishes/stripedbass.htm   (282 words)

  
 Striped Bass Parmesan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
One of United States first industries, striped bass fishery is considered close to cod fishery in importance to the early colonist.
Striped bass were so plentiful during that time that they were used not only for food but to fertilize farm crops, too!
Striped bass has a mild flavor and its flesh is white, flaky and firm.
www.therecipebox.com /members/box/fish/fis0052.htm   (202 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Striped Bass: Books: Nick Karas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Striped bass - in fresh and salt water - are one of the world's greatest gamefish, and The Striped Bass is the fullest, most authoritative, most helpful book ever written on the species.
Part Three, "Tackle for Catching Striped Bass," is a thorough look at the best "Rods, Reels, Lines, and Hooks," live and natural baits, artificial lures, accessory equipment, bass boats, and the most innovative and practical beach vehicles.
This book is filled with both great information on fishing, but also some fairly technical information on the striped bass fishery, its history, the physiogomy of the striper and the current state of the striped bass as game fish.
www.amazon.com /Striped-Bass-Nick-Karas/dp/1558212590   (961 words)

  
 STRIPED BASS SURFCASTING PAGE FOR SERIOUS STRIPED BASS FISHING
The striped bass was so popular it was introduced to many freshwater lakes and in the 1800's transported to the Pacific coast where it thrives today.
Striped bass can easily see your line in most conditions and many a fisherman has spent many a fishless night due to an abundance of hardware on their line.
Striped bass can be predicted sometimes but the striper will break the rule almost as soon as you assign one to them.
home.earthlink.net /~fishplumi/surfcasting.html   (985 words)

  
 SRAC - Hybrid Striped Bass
Most farm-raised hybrid striped bass are made in the hatchery by fertilizing female white bass (Morone chrysops) eggs with sperm from male striped bass (Morone saxatilis).
The hybrid is distinguishable from one of its parents, the striped bass, by the broken horizontal lines that run along the sides of its body.
Hybridization of the white bass and the striped bass produces a fish with a greater tolerance to extremes in temperature and dissolved oxygen than either of its parents and is thus better suited for pond culture.
www.msstate.edu /dept/srac/bass.htm   (311 words)

  
 Striped Bass page
The striped bass is one of the most popular sportsfishing targets as well as one of the best tasting food fish on the East coast.
East coast striped bass stocks suffered serious declines in the 1980s but stringent management measures involving major sacrifices by the commercial fishermen, the recreational fishermen and the consumers contributed to a major rebound.
State legislation bans both the capture of striped bass by any but sportsfishermen and their sale, regardless of where they were caught, anywhere in the state.
www.fishingnj.org /prorock.htm   (414 words)

  
 Hybrid Striped Bass
Stripes along sides and back are distinct, usually broken, with several extending to the tail.
RANGE AND HABITAT: The hybrid striped bass is created by crossing a female striped bass with a male white bass.
This happens when schools of hybrid striped bass herd gizzard shad to the water’s surface where the shad are easier to catch.
www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/Fishing/aquanotes-fishid/hystrbass.htm   (244 words)

  
 Striped Bass Fishing - Stripers Online - Striper Fishing Online!
StripersOnline strives to bring you the most complete striped bass fishing, striper fishing, saltwater, surf and fly fishing articles, tackle, techniques, fishing reports and discussions.
But for striped bass, it's still much too warm for them to be comfortable.
There will be moments, however brief, before those temps where the bigger fish won't be able to help themselves as the mullet and peanut bunker - who don't seem to mind that the water temps are more like July than September - make their way out of our inlets and bays and down the beach.
www.stripersonline.com   (1100 words)

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