The state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing a new fishing regulation for public comment that would require the use of circle hooks when recreational fishing for striped bass. The ...

The majority of striped bass anglers release most of the fish they catch. The current limit for stripers is one fish a day, 28 or more inches in length. The fillets from a legal-size striper will feed ...

That was the assumption when fishery managers created a rule in 2020 requiring anglers to use circle hooks when fishing with bait for striped bass. Some preliminary studies from the late 1990s ...

Last Sunday morning I put a few calls out to tackle shops in New Jersey inquiring if any striper blitzes were rupturing the ...

This year’s recreational striped bass fishing season on the Hudson River kicked off April 1, with a new mandatory “in-line” circle hook regulation for those anglers fishing with bait scheduled to ...

I wrote my first story about using circle hooks more than a decade ago for Soundfishing.com. I've recommended the use of circle hooks since they were first introduced some years earlier. The reason is ...

TRENTON - To help increase striped bass numbers, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will require anglers to use circle hooks when catch-and-release fishing for striped bass with ...

More and more anglers, along with light-tackle Bay captains, are using and suggesting circle hooks to those for whom a “J” hook has been the only hook choice. “J” hooks are straight-shank hooks with ...