New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Fis - Executive Director, Fish and Game Department
Chapter Fis 600 - MARINE FISHING RULES
Part Fis 603 - RULES FOR CERTAIN FIN FISH SPECIES
Section Fis 603.08 - Striped Bass
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) No person shall take, possess, or transport striped bass unless the fish is at least 28 inches in total length and less than 31 inches in total length. Striped bass shall have head and tail intact while on or leaving the waters or shores of the state except as follows:
(b) No person shall possess more than the daily creel limit of 1 fish.
(c) There shall be no closed season for the taking of striped bass.
(d) The sale of striped bass shall be prohibited regardless of origin.
(e) The taking of striped bass shall be prohibited by netting in any form except that striped bass may be landed by the use of a hand held dip net.
(f) The taking of striped bass by gaffing shall be prohibited.
(g) No person shall cull any striped bass taken from or while on the waters under the jurisdiction of the state.
(h) Any person taking striped bass with bait from the waters of the state by angling shall only use corrodible non-offset circle hooks, meaning a hook where the point and barb are turned perpendicularly back to the shank to form a circular shape. When such a hook is laid on a flat surface, all parts of the hook lie flat on the surface.
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