Stripers VS Largemouth in Arizona

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PHOENIX, AZ-The Arizona Game and Fish Department is conducting a three-year
study to determine whether the presence of striped bass has damaged the
largemouth fishery at Lake Pleasant. The lake is one of the state's premier
largemouth fisheries and draws anglers from across the nation.

Lead researcher Jim deVos says many people believe the striped bass are
responsible, in part, for the decline in quality of the lake's largemouths
during the past 10 years because they compete for forage, mostly threadfin
shad.

Officials say stripers most likely entered the lake as eggs or larvae when
water was pumped into the reservoir from the Central Arizona Project Canal
system.

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I recommend you start fishing for stripers. In the early spring and again
in the fall, before and after tournament season, I'm sticking with the
striper fishing. Around here it's truly my best opportunity to get into a
10+ pound 36 inch fish without going offshore. Plus many of the rivers
around here are teaming with big ones from now till next summer. Often we
will put dozens of 3+ pound fish in the boat in an afternoon, sometimes
literally over a hundred. In the past 4 weeks I'm averaging better than one
7 pounder a week (5).
I understand your plight, and I have no idea how to solve a problem like
that, but I'd think about taking advantage. Stripers fight real hard, and
they're good eating too. Maybe the local authorities could allow open
season on them to thin the population.

Rich P

"Rich Pierro" wrote in message
...
I recommend you start fishing for stripers. In the early spring and
again
in the fall, before and after tournament season, I'm sticking with the
striper fishing. Around here it's truly my best opportunity to get into a
10+ pound 36 inch fish without going offshore. Plus many of the rivers
around here are teaming with big ones from now till next summer. Often we
will put dozens of 3+ pound fish in the boat in an afternoon, sometimes
literally over a hundred. In the past 4 weeks I'm averaging better than
one
7 pounder a week (5).
I understand your plight, and I have no idea how to solve a problem like
that, but I'd think about taking advantage. Stripers fight real hard, and
they're good eating too. Maybe the local authorities could allow open
season on them to thin the population.

Rich P



I don't know about Lake Pleasant (I have never fished it) specifically, but
some of the other waters in Arizona of have unlimit bag and no size limit on
stripers.


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How do stripers get into Arizona?

"J Buck" wrote in message
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How do stripers get into Arizona?

In the original post, this was stated "Officials say stripers most likely entered the lake as eggs
or larvae when water was pumped into the reservoir from the Central Arizona Project Canal system."

Sounds like a reasonable theory to me.
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Originally they had to be stocked, either legally or illegally. Then they
can spread to surrounding water, as stated in the article.

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"J Buck" wrote in message
...
How do stripers get into Arizona?

How do stripers get into Arizona?

In the original post, this was stated "Officials say stripers most
likely entered the lake as eggs or larvae when water was pumped into the
reservoir from the Central Arizona Project Canal system."

Oops, my bad. Sorry. 'When all else fails, read the original post' LoL

In Pleasant thats the way they think they came in, but I always figured the
Colorado River for a natural migration historically. Recently I have been
told I was wrong, and that they were planted in Lake Powell deliberately and
have migrated down the river from there.

Central Arizona Project ( CAP ) takes Colorado River water across the state
to the Phoenix area as well as to some farming areas in between.


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"J Buck" wrote in message
...
How do stripers get into Arizona?

In the original post, this was stated "Officials say stripers most
likely entered the lake as eggs or larvae when water was pumped into the
reservoir from the Central Arizona Project Canal system."

Oops, my bad. Sorry. 'When all else fails, read the original post' LoL

They had to originally been planted. Not native to the West. The original
plants were in the Sacramento River in about 1885. Shipped across country
in milk cans on the railroad. We used to have a couple of million fish in
the bay and delta. Commercial fishery even. Then the California water
project pumps so much water to SoCal that the fishery in the delta hurts big
time. But all the lakes in the aquaduct system are good striper lakes.
Bill

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
In Pleasant thats the way they think they came in, but I always figured
the
Colorado River for a natural migration historically. Recently I have been
told I was wrong, and that they were planted in Lake Powell deliberately
and
have migrated down the river from there.

Central Arizona Project ( CAP ) takes Colorado River water across the
state
to the Phoenix area as well as to some farming areas in between.


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Yuma, Az
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"J Buck" wrote in message
...
How do stripers get into Arizona?

In the original post, this was stated "Officials say stripers most
likely entered the lake as eggs or larvae when water was pumped into the
reservoir from the Central Arizona Project Canal system."

Oops, my bad. Sorry. 'When all else fails, read the original post' LoL