Taxidermist

[Quillback]

I did not know Chick has stripers, it is definitely a good black bass fishery - at least from what I've read.

[huntest]

I would be more prone to believe the research supporting striper stocking if it is not conducted or influenced by the respective state fish and game organizations....

Kansas Fish and Game denied the existence of mountain lions for years until they started showing up on videos, pictures, and some had tracking colors.....

It may be a bit like the "lost" IRS emails....lol

[tse90]

tse90. Sorry for high jacking your post.

Don't worry about it ha my dad ended up taking care of it for me.

Anyways since everyone is on the subject of stripers...I'm actually from Arizona and the lake closest to home back there has definitely been effected by stripers. That lake is called Lake Pleasant. The AZGFD did not introduce them to the lake. They came down the river from Lake Mead from everyone that I've talked to. I was there just last week and fishing a different lake with a friend who is a guide. He tells me that every year the spawn just dwindles more and more. The ever changing lake levels at that particular lake don't help but the stripers definitely aren't doing the LMB any good. They eat up a large majority of the forage which is threadfin. It has gotten to the point in the last few years there is no limit on stripers because they have became such a nuisance.