By JOHN MCCOY Sunday Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia's state-owned fish hatcheries didn't grow as many walleye or hybrid striped bass last year, but production of other popular game fish compensated for the shortfall. "Overall, I'd say we had an above-average year,'' said...

2008 Young-of-Year Striped Bass Survey Shows Below Average Reproduction The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Service recently finalized the 2008 striped bass (rockfish) juvenile index, a measure of striped bass spawning success in Chesapeake Bay. The 2008 index is 3.2, below...