Stripers VS Largemouth in Arizona

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