Notropis Posted November 29, 2016 Posted November 29, 2016 "Cool deal. A 30-40+ is on my bucket list. Sadly, there are not that many big ones remaining. I read it takes like 30yrs to get them that big and bigger. Way too many guides keeping fish these days." Your statement brought me out of hiding, J-Doc. I haven't been on the forum much the last year due to travel and spending a lot of time with my aging parents and I've only been back on the forum for a couple of days. The stripers in Beaver Lake are growing a lot faster than you think, especially when forage is abundant. Most of the 30 pound stripers I aged, when I worked on the lake, ranged between 7-9 years old. The really big ones, 40-50 pounds, ranged between 10-14 years old. Don't give up on catching one over 30 pounds, J-Doc. There are more out there than you think, of course hooking one is not the same as landing it (as I found out last winter). Dan the fisherman, Blll and J-Doc 3
J-Doc Posted November 29, 2016 Posted November 29, 2016 19 minutes ago, Notropis said: "Cool deal. A 30-40+ is on my bucket list. Sadly, there are not that many big ones remaining. I read it takes like 30yrs to get them that big and bigger. Way too many guides keeping fish these days." Your statement brought me out of hiding, J-Doc. I haven't been on the forum much the last year due to travel and spending a lot of time with my aging parents and I've only been back on the forum for a couple of days. The stripers in Beaver Lake are growing a lot faster than you think, especially when forage is abundant. Most of the 30 pound stripers I aged, when I worked on the lake, ranged between 7-9 years old. The really big ones, 40-50 pounds, ranged between 10-14 years old. Don't give up on catching one over 30 pounds, J-Doc. There are more out there than you think, of course hooking one is not the same as landing it (as I found out last winter). SWEETNESS!!!! Glad to hear it doesn't take like 40yrs to get a 40lb fish. And from a trusted source too. ;-) Glad to have you back. I too have not been as active. Need marine repair? Send our own forum friend "fishinwrench" a message. He will treat you like family!!! I owe fishinwrench a lot of thanks. He has been a great mechanic with lots of patience!
Stump bumper Posted November 30, 2016 Posted November 30, 2016 Great, I am out on the road for 2 or 3 weeks and now they start to feed...leave a few in the lake for me.
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