Bear’s Den 17th Annual Fly Fishing Expo

The Bear’s Den in Taunton continues to be a great supporter of striped bass conservation. Their annual expo is coming up next Saturday the 21st 11am-6PM. Stripers Forever will have a booth there, so stop by, say hello and pick up a new hat. This show features some of the top names in fly fishing. Chris Owens of Geobass […]

“Conservation” Equivalency or “Exploitation” Equivalency?

“Conservation” Equivalency or “Exploitation” Equivalency? ASMFC Striped Bass Management Board Meeting on 2-5-15 By Ken Hastings, ASMFC Policy Coordinator of Maryland Since the decision has been made by the Board to cut the coast-wide catch of striped bass (SB) by 25%, the member jurisdictions got a chance to propose the details of how they were each […]

2014 Annual Angler Survey Results

In 2014 we received 830 responses to our annual survey. 752, or 84% of the respondents, have fished for stripers for more than 10 years. This is a very experienced sample of the angling population, many of them fished for stripers throughout the good years of the 1990s and early 2000s then the subsequent decline. […]