Howdy,

The president did something really nice for the recreational angler today by awarding Red Drum and Striped Bass gamefish status.

Not sure if it's kosher to point to another site but I wasn't gonna format this in more than one place.... See this link

Note this is for federal waters and they hope most states will adopt. I believe all the gulf states have done this, south carolina too, not sure about GA, Dont think NC is part of the group. Dunno about all else.