STUDIES ON THE STRIPED BASS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST 



Length-weight relationship of the striped bass 

 [Length is stated in centimeters, measured to fork in tail; weight is in pounds] 



Length 

 20.-. 

 21... 

 22... 

 23... 



24. .. 



25. ._ 

 26..- 

 27--- 

 28... 

 29-.- 

 30.__ 

 31..- 

 32..- 

 33..- 

 34... 

 35... 

 36-.- 

 37-._ 

 38-._ 

 39-.- 

 40-.- 

 41___ 

 42... 

 43-.. 

 44... 

 45..- 

 46-.- 

 47-.- 

 48-.- 

 49-.. 

 50.-. 

 51--- 

 52-._ 

 53... 

 54-.. 

 55... 

 56--- 



V eight 



0.25 



.25 



.25 



.25 



. 50 



.50 



.50 



.50 



.75 



.75 



.75 



.75 



1.00 



1.00 



1.00 



1. 25 



1.25 



1.50 



1. 50 

 1.75 

 1.75 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.25 

 2.25 



2. 50 

 2.50 



2. 75 

 3.00 



3. 25 

 3.50 

 3.75 

 4.00 



4. 25 

 4. 50 

 4.75 

 5.00 



Length 



57-_- 



58.-. 



59..- 



60--. 



61-.- 



62... 



63... 



64... 



65..- 



66--- 



67.-- 



68. 



69. 



70. 



Weight 



5.25 

 5. 50 

 5.75 

 6.00 

 6.25 



6.75 



7. 00 



7.25 



7.75 



8.00 



8.50 



9.00 



9.25 



9.75 



71 10.00 



72 10.50 



73 11.00 



74 11.25 



75 11.75 



76 12.00 



77 12.50 



78 13.00 



79 13.50 



80 14.00 



81 14.50 



82 15.00 



83 15.50 



84 16.00 



85 16.50 



86 17.00 



87 17.75 



88 18.00 



89 18.25 



90 19.00 



91 19.25 



92 19. 75 



93 20.25 



Length Weight 



94 21.00 



95 21.25 



96 22.00 



97 22.50 



98 23.00 



99 23.50 



100 24.25 



101 25.00 



102 25.50 



103 26.00 



104 26.75 



105 27.25 



106 28.00 



107 28.75 



108 29.25 



109 30.00 



110 30.75 



111 31. 50 



112 32.25 



113 33.00 



114 34.00 



115 35.00 



116 35. 75 



117 36. 75 



118 37.50 



119 38.50 



120 39.50 



121 40.50 



122 41.50 



123 42.25 



124 43.25 



125 44.25 



126 45.25 



127 46.25 



128 47.25 



FLUCTUATIONS IN ABUNDANCE OF THE STRIPED BASS 



Quotations from early settlers point to the enormous abundance of striped bass 

 in those times. Nor is it difficult to find records of unusual catches in the past 

 century. Thus Caulkins (1852) says in a footnote: 



Four men in one night, (Jan. 5th, 1811), caught near the bridge at the head of the Niantic River 

 with a small seine, 9,900 pounds of bass. They were sent to New York in a smack, and sold for 

 upwards of $300. (New London Gazette.) 



A quotation from a letter written by a well-known sportsman to the author, dated 

 August 16, 1937, in which he tells of surf-casting for striped bass in the early 1900's 

 at Xlontauk, Long Island, N. Y., reads as follows: 



As for quantities, almost any time through late summer and into late October, provided one 

 knew the ropes, one could, almost literally, fill a wagon, although 1, myself, seldom continued beyond 

 local give-away — that is, vintil necessity more or less compelled me to become a rod-and-rcel market 

 fisherman, and I fished like one: on one occasion to the tune of just under a ton of fish in a single 

 period of seven days. 



And even in the last 2 years, when the dominant 1934 year-class of striped bass 

 appeared along the better part of the Atlantic coast, catches reaching extraordinary 

 proportions have been commonplace. As but one example, it is of interest to mention 

 that 90,000 pounds of striped bass were taken by a single trap in 2 weeks in October 

 1936, at Point Judith, R. I. 



