Hybrids

[96 CHAMP]

Thanks a bunch for the info fellas, I usually fish the gravois and Indian creek but it is time to explore some new water, gives me a heads up of where to start, ill keep yas informed next fall if and when when I find them, Thanks again and good luck

[fishinwrench]

NEXT Fall ?    Don't give up yet !  

Back in the days of big Striper here on LO the full moon of December was looked forward to all year.  Every guide on the lake was booked for 6 days straight.

[96 CHAMP]

I don't think I'll have much time from hear on out with Christmas around the corner and cleaning out my parents house, & thinking about muzzle loader hunting also what's the scoop on the old days with the stripers

[fishinwrench]

Not sure when they first began stocking Stripers but they stopped sometime in the mid-80's and started stocking hybrids instead.  The Niangua arm from Bridal cave to HaHaTonka was a hot zone for them but they were scattered everywhere.   It wasn't uncommon to get spooled while fishing a crankbait for bass, and catfishermen caught alot of them on trotlines.  Nobody really understood them so nobody really fished specifically for them.  A few guides from 4-Seasons finally figured out how to catch them and the word spread pretty fast.  Shortly after that they quit stocking them.     

There is still some natural reproduction even though the biologists say it can't happen.   I catch a few baby's each year and occasionally somebody will catch a biggun.   I attempted to help a guy land one that was 30+ awhile back here in the Gravois but we lost it right at the boat.  

[nomolites]

I do still occasionally catch a true striper when fishing for hybrids in the summer months.  The first striper I caught at LOZ was @ 1974 near the old Redwoods Resort in the Gravois on a jig - used to be boats out all night trolling Gibson directly across the lake from that spot back in the day. 

Mike

[fishinwrench]

Ahh that takes me back a bit.    I had a house on Gibson pt.  and used to hang out in the little tackle shop at Redwoods. They had that sucker stocked with alot of good stuff.   It's sad that we don't have places like that anymore.  You didn't have to carry 5 extra baits of each size/color because if you broke off your last one you could just go have a soda and buy another one.  Just throw a rope around their dock cleat, no worries of HUGE wakes tearing your boat up while tied to the dock.   This place used to be so awesome when it was less of a party town.

[Old plug]

I live on Cedar point straight across from Gibson point. That has been a very poor place. To catch anything last few years. I really think it has something to do with all the boat traffic.i used to have hoarders of bluegill around. My dock and drum and carp feeding in the area all the time. Kids. Loved it. Now there is vertually nothing. 

i seen in today's paper where Rep Wood is introducing legislation about the wakes he wants the no wake zone expanded to 300 ft from 100 ft.  If it comes to be there. Will be fines and ticketing for several things relate to wakes. Also any cove less than 600 ft automatically is a no wake zone. I will wait and see. If you get a chance to read it wrench do so. 

[fishinwrench]

I read it.  He is full of beans and just trying to show his voters that he is "TRYING".  Nothing is gonna be done that will noticeably reduce the wakes during the Summer, there is no way to enforce any of their ideas.  It's too late now, restrictions should have been implanted long before it got to this point.   

Hell, several of the politicians that are pretending to be behind that wake committee group own the boats that are making the big rollers.

[laker67]

I agree that they will never enforce a no wake law. Some upper niangua people would not even slow down during the lake wide no wake when the water was over the seawalls. I guess their boat did not fall under the regulations of no wake. Talking about hybrids, I have been catching a few off the dock on the long rod. Using a 64th ounce jig under an indicator and just waiting for one to cruise buy. One morning a while back they were busting the surface all around me. Caught 3 as quick as I could land them before some idiot in a red tracker boat pulled in right on top of them and yelled, what are u catching on that fly rod. Reminded me of the trout park when you are catching fish. All of a sudden every one close is standing next to you. He put everything down including the shad. By the way FW, that XP works good on them hybrids. I was roll casting about 40 ft off the corner of the dock.

[Flysmallie]

3 minutes ago, laker67 said:

I agree that they will never enforce a no wake law. Some upper niangua people would not even slow down during the lake wide no wake when the water was over the seawalls. I guess their boat did not fall under the regulations of no wake.

My sister and BIL have a boat on the lake. I asked them about that lake wide no wake thing when it was going on and they had no idea. Actually they told me I was wrong. But that's par for the course with Ken and Barbie. If I was as important as them I could be right, but I'm not so I never will be.