South Jersey Striper: Went to local pier last night to catch out going tide. Heard from friend some big fish starting to move south. My oldest son landed one and I had one break off.

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

Went to local pier last night to catch out going tide. Heard from friend some big fish starting to move south. My oldest son landed one and I had one break off. Better days ahead! Saw large flocks of Egrets gathering in some trees nearby. Never saw so many at once, attached video. Good night!

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Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

JDFishes wrote:

Went to local pier last night to catch out going tide. Heard from friend some big fish starting to move south. My oldest son landed one and I had one break off. Better days ahead! Saw large flocks of Egrets gathering in some trees nearby. Never saw so many at once, attached video. Good night!

Congrats to your boy. Thanks for sharing.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

JDFishes wrote:

Went to local pier last night to catch out going tide. Heard from friend some big fish starting to move south. My oldest son landed one and I had one break off. Better days ahead! Saw large flocks of Egrets gathering in some trees nearby. Never saw so many at once, attached video. Good night!

Wow, that is a lot of Egrets. I've never seen that many together either.
Nice catch from the boy. Were y'all able to keep it. We just have an 18 inch minimum, 2 fish limit out here.
Supposedly they are goin to a slot limit here for next year. We'll see.

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

Thanks Fred, whole season ahead of us!

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

saw1 wrote:

Wow, that is a lot of Egrets. I've never seen that many together either.
Nice catch from the boy. Were y'all able to keep it. We just have an 18 inch minimum, 2 fish limit out here.
Supposedly they are goin to a slot limit here for next year. We'll see.

One fish 28”to38” and a slot 28”-32. Mostly just catch release but wait to keep one occasionally if it’s gut hook etc…Birds we’re crazy all circling to nest in trees on an island. We also have mass Monarch migration on island I’m working on I’m gonna post some pics later those who interested. Thanks!

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

JDFishes wrote:

One fish 28”to38” and a slot 28”-32. Mostly just catch release but wait to keep one occasionally if it’s gut hook etc…Birds we’re crazy all circling to nest in trees on an island. We also have mass Monarch migration on island I’m working on I’m gonna post some pics later those who interested. Thanks!

Wow that's a BIG fish slot limit.
We have a "Personal" limit of 30 inches. If a fish is over 30 inches we release it.
Frequently we even release them if they are 28 inches or more. That's just us though.

greenfrog Loc: Central NJ

JDFishes wrote:

One fish 28”to38” and a slot 28”-32. Mostly just catch release but wait to keep one occasionally if it’s gut hook etc…Birds we’re crazy all circling to nest in trees on an island. We also have mass Monarch migration on island I’m working on I’m gonna post some pics later those who interested. Thanks!

Striped Bass
Effective July 2, 2023, new Striped Bass regulations will be 1 fish @ 28” to 31” in all state waters.

https://dep.nj.gov/njfw/wp-content/uploads/njfw/attention-anglers-2023.pdf
https://dep.nj.gov/njfw/digests/marine/

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

Thanks I looked at sight last month it must have changed.

greenfrog Loc: Central NJ

Your welcome nobody needs a ticket and we know your trying to obey the law.

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

greenfrog wrote:

Your welcome nobody needs a ticket and we know your trying to obey the law.

Got that right! I looked on local sight should have went to state sight, don’t want to spread misinformation.👍🏻

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

JDFishes wrote:

Got that right! I looked on local sight should have went to state sight, don’t want to spread misinformation.👍🏻

That started back in July on the whole Northeast coast.

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

Fredfish wrote:

That started back in July on the whole Northeast coast.

That’s rare the whole coast ever agree on limits. I rarely keep any I mainly like the hunt. Used to harvest a couple a year for my mom only because she’s ask every time I went lol.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

JDFishes wrote:

That’s rare the whole coast ever agree on limits. I rarely keep any I mainly like the hunt. Used to harvest a couple a year for my mom only because she’s ask every time I went lol.

It was a federal mandate.

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DVTracker Loc: Harrisburg, PA.

JDFishes wrote:

Went to local pier last night to catch out going tide. Heard from friend some big fish starting to move south. My oldest son landed one and I had one break off. Better days ahead! Saw large flocks of Egrets gathering in some trees nearby. Never saw so many at once, attached video. Good night!

Congrats to your son for catching a nice striper. Thanks for sharing.

JDFishes Loc: Atlantic County

Fredfish wrote:

It was a federal mandate.

I always thought it was state by state Fred am I right? Is this the first time they came up with federal regulation for striper?