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Yup---the guys are all correct. Federal law prohibits the "possession" of live, dead, filleted or any other type of striped bass with the EEZ. It is illegal to possess them for any purpose---there may be some sort of limited exemption for scientific research, but you'd damn well better be able to document that if you get boarded.
After you unhook a bass in Federal waters, it has to go right back in. If it goes in the livewell or cooler, you are viloating the law.
It is also illegal to transport a bass caught in state waters into federal waters. The key word is possession.
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