Wayne SW/MO Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 I never met the Mauck's, and I don't really recall any names associated with the program. Most of my knowledge came from a long time fishing buddy whom I also worked with. He converted about the time that the fishery became viable and was pretty excited about it. The name Glazener sounds familiar, but I can't really link it to Texoma?? Do the stripers need about the same conditions as the whites, only deeper and longer current stretches? I've had two different fellows tell me they have caught 5-10lb hybrids at the pothole, but I didn't know them personally. I did catch two fish there last spring that had 2 tooth patches? Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
Bill Butts Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 The mating ritual of Striped, Hybrid Striped and White Bass is pretty much identical. But, there is a huge difference after the eggs are fertilized in mid stream. White Bass eggs sink to the bottom, hopefully on a nice clean gravel bottom, where their eggs stick to the gravel for a few days before hatching. Striped Bass eggs sink to the bottom intially, but then slowly rise from the gravel as the egg slightly increases in size from a gas-like content that develops inside the egg. As the eggs rise in the water column, they need to drift in neutral buoyancy of well oxygenated flowing water for 48-72 hours in order to hatch. This is the main factor why very few inland Striper fisheries have successfully reproducing, self-sustaining fisheries. Think about how many miles of free flowing river those eggs would need. Another interesting difference is the eggs of Striped Bass are a beautiful green color, unlike the yellowish color of White Bass eggs. Bill Butts Springfield MO "So many fish, so little time"
fishinwrench Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 How cool! So if the eggs wash into an eddy, or let's say they drift less than 10 miles and end up in the still water shallows at the upper end of a lake tributary arm (even though it is oxygenated well from wind chop or whatever) then hatching could still be possible, just substantially reduced? Or can it theoretically just not happen at all?
Feathers and Fins Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 Sorry been away and missed this, Wrench, there are several lakes in Southern California that has successful striper hatches. Now before you get your hopes up they are fed by the Aquitduct system that allows the free flowing water they must have to hatch. Here is a good paper on them http://www.rockportflyfishers.com/articles/biology_of_striped_bass.pdf In a flood year it could be possible for them to breed in our lakes if the rains came and if the gates were open both togeather long enough to keep the flow right but that would be a fluke and then some. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
aarchdale@coresleep.com Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 If some stripes come from beaver and make it to BS why I have we never caught them in Table Rock
Dutch Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 If some stripes come from beaver and make it to BS why I have we never caught them in Table Rock They have been caught in Table Rock from time to time, but not often. One of the Fletchers caught on that was like 60# just a few years ago. A friend of mine caught one in Flat Creek many years ago.
Feathers and Fins Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 Ive caught several i nthe tailwaters below beaver dam and that is also where the AR record cam from. They are in TR but not in very high numbers. People often forget those tailwaters are part of Tablerock. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
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