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Originally Posted by Swimmer
One fish at 36"s, which is the same length that brought back the bass from oblivion. The anecdote I heard about why it was change to two fish at 28"s is because someone who held sway in the state went fishing with his kids and could catch a keeper because the minimum was 36's at the time. That might be BS, but I have never heard anyone say otherwise.
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Otherwise!
The 2 at 28 inch limit was adopted initially by the ASMFC's Striped bass management board and then approved by the entire ASMFC. MA like all the other states, only has one vote on the ASMFC.