Hooper Strait

IMPORTANT!: YOU MUST SEE Maryland Striped Bass Map for the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, including the Maryland tributaries of the Potomac River. Effective 12:01 a.m. January 17, 2025, the minimum size for striped bass is 19 inches and the maximum size for striped bass is 24 inches. This rule is effective for the 2025 striped bass summer and fall season, which runs from May 16, 2025, through July 15, 2025, and August 1, 2025, through December 10, 2025. For the Atlantic Ocean, its coastal bays and their tributaries: Effective 12:01 a.m. January 17, 2025: Anglers may keep one striped bass per person per day from the Atlantic Ocean, its coastal bays, and their tributaries. The minimum size for striped bass is 28 inches.The maximum size is 31 inches. You must use an inline circle hook while using bait to fish for striped bass. For more information, see Striped Bass and Circle HooksStriped bass may not be caught, harassed or possessed in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which stretches from 3 to 200 miles off the coast.

No closed season. No minimum size limit. Atlantic sharpnose shark is not included in the aggregate shark limit for recreational anglers. Tags and Reporting: (1) An individual shall obtain tags and catch information forms from a reporting station designated by the Department. (2) Before removing a landed shark from a boat or removing a boat containing a shark from the water, a person shall: (a) Affix a tail tag, provided by the reporting station, to the shark; and (b) Complete a catch information form provided by the reporting station. (3) Before removing a landed shark from the point of landing if caught on shore, a person must affix a tail tag, provided by the reporting station, to the shark; and complete a catch information form provided by the reporting station. (4) Upon landing a shark, an individual shall immediately return the catch information form to a reporting station designated by the Department. A recreational angler may not sell, barter, or trade sharks or shark pieces. All sharks harvested by a recreational angler shall have heads, tails, and fins attached naturally to the carcass through landing. Sharks harvested in accordance with this regulation may be eviscerated as long as the tail is not removed. An individual shall immediately release a species of shark that is not legally harvestable (e.g., whose season is closed, does not meet the minimum size limit). Except for a smoothhound, an individual may not remove from the water a shark that will be released. For any shark that will be released, an individual may not: sit on the shark; hold the shark's mouth open; put the shark on dry sand; put the shark on a boat deck; or use a gaff.