Striped bass Regulations in New Hampshire (2026)

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Statewide

Size limit

(b) 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: (a) Notwithstanding Fis 601.08, for the purpose of this section, the following term shall have the following meaning: (1) “Total length” means the straight-line distance from the front tip (snout/jaw) to the tip of the tail when the tail is squeezed to its maximum length while the fish is laying on its side.

Bag limit

(c) No person shall possess more than the daily creel limit of 1 fish.

Season

(d) There shall be no closed season for the taking of striped bass.

• (i) 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.
• (f) 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.
• (g) The taking of striped bass by gaffing shall be prohibited.
• (1) A person may possess up to 2 striped bass fillets so long as they also possess the fish rack that the fillets came from with the head and tail intact and the rack measures at least 28 inches and less than 31 inches in total length;
• (2) Any striped bass fillet shall have the skin still attached for the purpose of identification of the fillet as striped bass.
• (e) The sale of striped bass shall be prohibited regardless of origin.
• (h) No person shall cull any striped bass taken from or while on the waters under the jurisdiction of the state.

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