56.5" Striped Bass

Type: Chesapeake
Region: Eastern
Location: Cheaspeake Bay, Matapeake

Chris Phillips caught this 56.5 inch 49.5 lb striped bass on opening day 5/1/21 trolling a tandem bucktail rig in 70-80 feet of water off Matapeake (South of Bay Bridge). The fish was weighed 4 days after capture and was probably spawned out, causing it to lose weight.