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There is no bag limit on Lake Powell becasue of overpopulating. The first
ime I succeeded in catching Striper on Powell we were throwing back 7 and 8
pound fish. The average was over 10. The last time I fished for them we
were catching them in the 1 pound range, and 4-5 pound fish were the good
ones.

In many areas they stock wipers. white bass - striper hybrids. They are
sterile mules.

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"RGarri7470" wrote in message
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They tend to overpopulate lakes and get
somewhat stunted.


So can striper.


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Stripers aren't able to reproduce in any lakes aroudn here - they are all
stocked. Maybe they are differnet out there but have never heard of them
overpopulating a lake.
Ronnie

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RGarri7470 wrote:
Stripers aren't able to reproduce in any lakes aroudn here


Santee-Cooper. That's where the inland striper fishery started. They were
trapped in there on their spawning run when the dam was built, and the
first inland striper population was born -- but not discovered for 5 or 6
years.

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There is no bag limit on Lake Powell becasue of overpopulating.

I am not real familiar with Lake Powell - guess it is different out there. I
was told stripers need at least 50 miles of flowing water to reproduce - their
eggs need to float long enough to hatch. No lakes in Georgia have that, too
many dams. I guess other freshwater lakes where they were stocked could have
reproduction - are there any other lakes that are overpopulated with them?

We call striper/white crosses hybrids here - have heard the name wiper as well
as some others.
Ronnie

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Santee-Cooper. That's where the inland striper fishery started.

I had heard about Santee-Cooper and how stripers got started there, but don't
know much about it, it is a few hundred miles from me. Never been on it. Are
stripers overpopulated there?
Ronnie

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Th stripers are self sustaining on the whole Colorado River system. None of
them ever see salt water. The final flow of the river is diverted into the
Mexican irrigation system at Morelos Dam in Mexico.

Powell is the only place I know for sure is no limit, but I understand the
Meade is alss over populated and the stripers tend to run smaller than they
used to. Same river system though.

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"RGarri7470" wrote in message
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There is no bag limit on Lake Powell becasue of overpopulating.

I am not real familiar with Lake Powell - guess it is different out
there. I
was told stripers need at least 50 miles of flowing water to reproduce -
their
eggs need to float long enough to hatch. No lakes in Georgia have that,
too
many dams. I guess other freshwater lakes where they were stocked could
have
reproduction - are there any other lakes that are overpopulated with
them?

We call striper/white crosses hybrids here - have heard the name wiper as
well
as some others.
Ronnie

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P.S. Lake Powell is a lot more than 50 miles long, and has atleast three
rivers and a couple creeks running into it.

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"RGarri7470" wrote in message
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There is no bag limit on Lake Powell becasue of overpopulating.

I am not real familiar with Lake Powell - guess it is different out
there. I
was told stripers need at least 50 miles of flowing water to reproduce -
their
eggs need to float long enough to hatch. No lakes in Georgia have that,
too
many dams. I guess other freshwater lakes where they were stocked could
have
reproduction - are there any other lakes that are overpopulated with
them?

We call striper/white crosses hybrids here - have heard the name wiper as
well
as some others.
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

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RGarri7470 wrote:
Are
stripers overpopulated there?

Not to my knowledge.

RichZ©
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I asked before about stripers. Are there any who fish for them in the
group? Anyone know of any web pages that cover any real fishing info on
stripers?

I am in southern Alabama and I fish both the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers
and I am not finding the stripers in any of the same places I caught them
last year..seems this is the same for several that fish for them here.
Anyone have any ideas as to what is going on?

Thanks!

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"Mike" wrote in message SNIP

I am in southern Alabama and I fish both the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers
and I am not finding the stripers in any of the same places I caught them
last year..seems this is the same for several that fish for them here.
Anyone have any ideas as to what is going on?

What's different between this year and last year? Are the water temps and
water levels higher or lower? What about the forage fish that stripers eat?
Are they around or can't you find any balls of baitfish on the locator?

If the fish aren't where they were last year, something must have caused
them to move. It's either environmental conditions, food or fishing
pressure. They can't grow wings and leave. Consider this a learning
experience and figure out what caused the change and how the stripers
reacted. If the water is warmer, they might have moved out to cooler water.
If shad is the main forage and there was a major die-off, the stripers might
be keying on different species, thus different locations. Fishing is
something that should be a mental as well as physical challenge. Good
anglers put together the pieces of the puzzle to be successful.

I know it's not much of an answer, but I'm not down there and can't give
more advice than this.
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Are there any who fish for them in the group? Anyone know of any web
pages that cover any real fishing info on stripers?

StriperSurf.com great site