Stripers?

[taxidermist]

A couple nights ago, the local biologist said the Bull Shoals Stripers being caught were fish that flushed down from Beaver during the flood two years ago. I differed. with the fact that if this is so then Taneycomo should have stripers in it as the Powersite dam was inundated at the time, along with Table Rock.

So with this in mind has anyone heard of a striper being caught from lower Taneycomo? or even lower Tablerock?

I claim the Bull Shoals stripers are from a release nine years ago, in Bull Shoals lake..

[Bird Watcher]

That's a bunch of bull. I have heard of a Striper caught out of Table Rock many moons ago, but it was like 15-20 years ago and it was just one fish.

Was the biologist an MDC employee by any chance? I bet an AGFC employee would have a different opinion.

I don't understand why MO seems to be so cloak and dagger about Stripers in that lake.

[rangerman]

AGFC stocks stripers...at least that is what I had heard. As far as TR goes I have heard of a couple in recent years on the uppermost part of the lake. We actually had a very large one grab a 13 or so inch spot as we were fighting it to the boat (grabbed it from just below the surface). That occurred in the Kings river arm. And no we didn't get it in.

[taxidermist]

MDC does not want the stripers in Bull Shoals. Their claim is they put to much money into walleye on BS. Well with the millions of walleye fingerlings AGFC puts into BS every year. I know why we will never catch large eyes.

For some reason the AGFC has lost the work studies on BS before nine years ago.

I know there are lots of huge stripers in BS. I am trying top prove to the current people in charge these fish did not wash down Beaver dam, through Table Rock and Thru Taneycomo into Bull Shoals.

I have also seen some Hybrids from BS! one over three pounds.

[rangerman]

There are alot of big walleye in BS.

[skeeter]

There used to be a big Striper fishery on Bull and I recall Tony Albright night fishing and catching several over 40 lbs down by Oakland.

Some so-called "expert" thinking Stripers could get through not one but two high dams like Beaver AND Table Rock, flood or no flood, and survive coming thru flood gates open to a 150 ft + fall is highly questionable.

[taxidermist]

skeeter, I agree that maybe get over one dam through the flood gates,but not two. That is why I am asking about any stripers in taneycomo. I have never heard of one being caught in Taney. But with the flood some could have made it up river over Powersite.

Even years ago back in the 1960's Bull Shoals had some huge walleye. The largest walleye are coming from White River between dam one and two. way down river, but there is also huge stripers there too. and noway they could get over Bull Shoals.

Anyway doing this research to disprove the statement a Fisheries Biologist. said, that the large stripers in Bull Shoals came from Beaver Lake.

Thought if anyone knew it would be on this forum about any stripers in Taney.

Yes the Ark record did come for below Beaver dam some years back 64lbs. so tech. its Table Rocks fish.

[roy_eros]

I can remember back about 2000 or 2001 catching numerous 3-5lb stripers in the diamond city area. I would assume these were stocked because there were so many of them and they were all the same size

[kelly]

AGFC stocks stripers...at least that is what I had heard. As far as TR goes I have heard of a couple in recent years on the uppermost part of the lake. We actually had a very large one grab a 13 or so inch spot as we were fighting it to the boat (grabbed it from just below the surface). That occurred in the Kings river arm. And no we didn't get it in.

I remember reading a Field and Stream article in the early 90's about the author catching big stripers on BS near Forsyth. I asked about it at that time and a local said the guy was loco.

[taxidermist]

Back in the 1980s so big striper came from the upper end of Bull, under Powersite dam. No loco, they were big fish.

What some idiot at the AGFC said is the current large striper population in Bull Shoals washed over Beaver dam and and then Table Rock through Taneycomo to finally end up in Bull Shoals.

I simply said "You are an idiot, I have not heard of any stripers in Taneycomo."

Well still to this day I have not heard of stripers in Taneycomo. The stripers did not even swim over the Powersite dam during the flood a couple years back.

In the 1970s Bull Shoals flooded the east Sugar loaf nursery pond where striper fingerlings were being raised. Thus releasing them. This release did well providing all the large stripers you saw around Forsyth back then.

The current large fish are all showing about 9 years of age, proving that there was an accidental release in 2001.

Some 1 to 2 pound hybrids are also being caught, this could be from a natural spawn two years ago during the flood.