Striped bass are anadromous (they live in the ocean but return to freshwater to spawn). In the spring, mature striped bass migrate back to fresh or brackish water to spawn. Larvae drift downstream toward their nursery areas in river deltas and the inland portions of the coastal sounds and estuaries. More @Wikipedia
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