Beaver Sat nigh/Sunday morning

[Mike jones]

Put in at prairie creek at 9:00 PM and fished until 2:00 AM. Stayed in that general area. Bass fished half the time(that sucked) and crappie fished the other half of the time. Caught a few nice crappie under lights and 1 keeper walleye. A couple white bass also.

What did we catch the most of you ask...????  Stripers. Yep, freaking stripers. Probably caught a dozen from 2-3 pounds on crappie jigs!!  Lots of fun on a crappie rod but I would have rather caught 2-3 pound crappie!!!!

[Stump bumper]

Really glad to hear there are lots of young stripers in the lake, just wonder how many get taken home as whites. 

[chi0082]

21 hours ago, Stump bumper said:

Really glad to hear there are lots of young stripers in the lake, just wonder how many get taken home as whites. 

^^^^THIS!!! I would say with great certainty that 80% of people who catch them can not tell the difference between a small wiper/striper and a white bass. I've seen too many small stripers/wipers caught and kept thinking they were giant white bass. Reported a few too, but it is not enforced enough in my honest opinion. 

[Robert Haynes]

Also, many people confuse a small striper for a large hybrid. Just because they have a couple broken lines does not mean it is a hybrid.