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UPDATE: Striped Bass Slot Limit Coming In 2020

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Brian Halweil decked this whopper cod while fishing aboard the Shinnecock Star off Hampton Bays last week.

Brian Halweil decked this whopper cod while fishing aboard the Shinnecock Star off Hampton Bays last week.

Brayden Fromm with a pair of big blackfish caught aboard his dad's boat, the Flying Dutchman, off Montauk last weekend.

Brayden Fromm with a pair of big blackfish caught aboard his dad's boat, the Flying Dutchman, off Montauk last weekend.

Billy Finalborgo with a pair of big blackfish caught aboard the Flying Dutchman over the weekend.

Billy Finalborgo with a pair of big blackfish caught aboard the Flying Dutchman over the weekend.

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In the Field

  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Oct 25, 2019
  • Columnist: Michael Wright
UPDATE: Thursday 4 p.m. Federal fisheries regulators have announced that they will impose a slot-limit for the harvesting of recreationally caught striped bass starting in 2020 that will bar the... more

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