SM a striper that just makes the legal limit will always measure short after some time in the box. I have seen them go down as much as an inch. Its funny you mention freshwater bass. You have a 12" fish that just measures in the morning and by weigh-in its short! and these are fish still alive! I can't figure that out??? If I find a floater that is legal I will always take it home even if it means me not keeping a bass. Me and my family love bass and welcome a meal of it, along with cod, haddock, flounder, fluke, scup, sea bass, and variuos hard shelled species. Damn now I'm hungry and sitting here with a bum leg
