New State Record Striper

[focused fishing]

impressive

IMO no record should be a record w/o press release photos......

Sorry thought the news was more important than an image, didn't have the image at the time.

here ya go.....

[Wayne SW/MO]

Was this fish caught below powersite dam? Can you use live bait for them and what kind of fish. Can you use fair caught trout? Or crappie or white bass?

There's a list in the Code of what fish can be used as bait, I don't believe any of those are on it.

[MOFishwater]

Greg Blair of Bradleyville, Mo. set a new state record with a 56.35-pound striped bass pulled from Bull Shoals Lake on July 13. The fish bested the previous record by more than 5 pounds.Blair caught the 47-inch behemoth with a Strike King King Kong rigged on a baitcasting set-up with 17-pound-test line.

Because the fish would was too long for the live well, Blair wrapped it in a damp towel and left it in the bottom of the boat and continued to fish.

The fish was certified at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery.

[Guest kevinkirk]

Can these stripers be caught up in the tailwater at Powersite? I like to flyfish for them in tail races?

[rps]

Can these stripers be caught up in the tailwater at Powersite? I like to flyfish for them in tail races?

Kevin:

The Ark. record is over 60 and was caught in the river part of the White below Beaver dam. The fish must have come through the Beaver dam as stripers have not been stocked in Table Rock. Jeff Fletcher, a guide and son of JD Fletcher, caught the fish. Evidently, the big fish liked the cooler water near the dam and loved the trout banquet.

I have caught stripers in running water below dams. I wasn't using fly equipment though. I was hurling large leads about 75 yards into the water coming through Keystone dam. I had a fly tied above the weight. Didn't know you can dropshot stripers, did you? Neither did I. That was before the term became common. Based on that experience, it would require a very powerful fly rod with LOTS of backing on the reel to last through the first run or two. As much water as they running through or over all the dams on the White and North Fork right now, the current below all the dams would be brisk right now. The other members that have fished ocean fish might have advice for you on a fly setup that would have a chance on a twenty or thirty pound striper in current.

Good luck.