Striped bass is the most valuable finfish in Massachusetts’ waters. The recreational striped bass fishery about 15 years ago generated more than $1 billion in economic activity for the Commonwealth ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Department of Game’s Division of Marine Fisheries and Massachusetts Environmental Trust announced an online auction of 20 low-number striped bass specialty license ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries is making an emergency change to recreational regulations on the size limit for keeping striped bass in Massachusetts due to ...

A pair of recent papers, led by biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published in Fisheries Research and Marine and Coastal Fisheries, sought to comprehensively pinpoint which ...

Striped bass fishing aboard a charter boat with an experienced captain is a popular and rewarding way to fish, but rules have changed regarding those charter trips during the commercial striped bass ...

Saltwater striped bass aren’t very hard to catch. Many “Insta-famous” anglers and striped bass fishing influencers want you to think otherwise, but the reality is that the most difficult part of the ...

JOHN IN HIS BASEMENT WORKSHOP IN PLYMOUTH. SCOTT LARSON IS HARD AT WORK TURNING OUT A REAL PASSION OF HIS. WHEN THIS THING IS SPINNING, YOU KNOW, AT 2000 RPMS, I JUST RUN THIS THING UNTIL IT COPIES ...

A group of fishermen off the coast of Cape Cod were forced to wrestle a striped bass away from an unexpected visitor who seemed just as keen on keeping the catch for itself. On Monday, anglers aboard ...

Charlie Borden, a commercial fisherman from the Rhode Island town of Little Compton, got his start targeting lobster when he was just a kid. His dad taught him to fish. “We used to fish together out ...

Striped bass are the most sought-after recreational sport fish in Massachusetts and along the Atlantic seaboard. Just a few decades ago, they were so abundant people from around the world flocked to ...