Striped bass populations in the lower Chesapeake Bay are not doing well, marking the second year in a row for below-average numbers in Virginia waters. According to a 2024 survey from the Virginia ...

The budget plan released by the White House would allow $92 million over the next fiscal year for the Chesapeake Bay Program, ...

Allison Colden, Maryland Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, expressed her disappointment in the survey’s findings, stating: “The annual survey of juvenile striped bass in ...

It's been more than five years since stripers had a strong spawning class. While the big fish we're seeing now are grand, ...

The opening day of striped bass season brought robust fishing action across the Potomac River, the mouth of the Patuxent River, and Chesapeake Bay, according to Ken Lamb of St. Mary’s Tacklebox.

Environmental advocates are expressing concern after a key regulatory commission opted not to impose immediate stricter fishing rules for striped bass, a vital species in the Chesapeake Bay which ...

CHESAPEAKE BAY, MD - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) met Monday to discuss the status of striped bass populations and consider changes to 2025 management measures.

CHESAPEAKE BAY - Striped bass populations in the Chesapeake Bay could see an increase this season, and experts say the cold winter may be the reason why. This past winter brought more snow than ...

The ASMFC in December voted to maintain its regulations for the 2025 striped bass season that began May 16, said Capt. Robert ...

(Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday rejected fishing companies' challenge to striped bass regulations in the Chesapeake Bay for lack of ...

Saltwater striped bass aren’t very hard to catch ... oceanic striper population winters in the Mid-Atlantic, mainly Chesapeake Bay, and straggles into North Carolina. Come spring, a percentage ...