Chesapeake Bay
Proposed - Spring Striped Bass Trophy Season
Apr 19, 2008 - May 13, 2008
Limits are 1/person/day and must be 28" or larger.
Captains and or mates are not eligible.
May not possess striped bass while fishing
between 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m.

No Eels. Restricted to the mainstem Chesapeake Bay from Brewerton Channel to the Maryland/ Virginia Line, Tangier & Pocomoke Sounds (no Tributaries)
Proposed
Maximum two charterboat trips/day


Proposed - Summer Striped Bass Season
May 16, 2008 - Dec. 15, 2008
Limits are:
2 @ 18"- 28" OR
1 @ 18" - 28" and 1 larger than 28"/person/day.
May not possess striped bass while fishing between 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m.

May 16 - 31, 2008- Restricted to the mainstem Chesapeake Bay from a Line between Tolchester to the south pt. of Hart-Miller Island south to the MD/ VA Line plus areas of the Chester, Choptank and Patuxent Rivers.
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Charter boat captain or mate = 1/fish/boat/trip
Maximum two charterboat trips/day

June 1 - Dec. 15, 2008: Maryland's Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Charter boat captain or mate = 1/fish/boat/trip
Maximum two charterboat trips/day