2025 Striper Tournament Leaderboard

This is a catch and release only tournament. Good catch and release techniques allow us to have a great tournament with high survival of caught stripers.

Follow these seven steps to protect Striped Bass and adhere to responsible catch and release practices:

Use lures not bait with a single hook and flag bucktail teasers. Do NOT use trebles. Go barbless, and use circle hooks if using bait. Trebles and bait will increase fish mortality.
Limit fight time. Use heavier lines and leaders to reduce fight time.
Use extra long net to land the striper
Keep in water and remove the hook gently. Use hook removal tools if available.
Use wet hands and keep fish horizontal. Support the middle.
Be prepared to take a photo and measure to reduce air time to less than 10 seconds. Every second counts!
Get fish in water and move water over gills until they bite your fingers. Release!

For more details, investigate proper catch and release techniques from Stripers In Our Hands Campaign.

We encourage you to submit as part of your entry, videos of you releasing your catch. (Release videos will be entered to win additional prizes.)

To find out more check out these new MassDMF Striped Bass Tactics videos, and a presentation from Keep Fish Wet on proper catch and release techniques to conserve the fishery.

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