Hybrids Stocked

[ollie]

Just read where the Game and Fish just stocked a million fry in the lake.  First time ever I think from what I have been reading.  Of course there are people getting excited about it and others that don't want them there.  Right now I have no opinion either way.

[fishinwrench]

Assuming that you are referring to Hybrid Stripers.... I'm pretty sure they have been stocked in Grand lake for quite awhile.  I remember seeing Jimmy Houston chasing surfacing schools of "wipers" on Grand many years ago.

[Quillback]

Yep, they've been stocking them for years as far as I know.  

[ollie]

Not sure about that Quill, according to some of the guides this is the first time?  Ok, after going back into the archives from the fish and game I am finding that yes, they have been stocking them in there for a few years now, but just not as many.  Those guides on that other forum made it sound like it was totally new! lol

[Bird Watcher]

lol

Been catching them for 20 years.  Sometimes there's more, sometimes you gotta know where to look for them.  some years they are everywhere.  1 million fry is not quite the load of fish you think it will be.  Lots of loss to negative flow and turbidity in that lake.  I'd take 250k fingerlings from 17 all day long.  I see they only have the stocking reports archived back to '10.  There were a couple of large stockings of fry and fingerlings in the lake between 2007-2010.  Just can't remember the years.  you could catch them schooling mid lake with the white bass at times following those stockings.  It was the same back in the 90s.  that's about as far back as I have memory catching them.    It was definitely better for a few years afterwards and became tougher as they aged out.  I've had days this year that I've caught 30-50 of them between 12-15".  I can only guess that's the stocking from 2017. 

I'll tell you this though.  I've seen some things with recruitment on that lake that convince me they successfully spawn at times.  No shortage of jumbo pure strain white bass though, so not sure if I'm ready to put a tin foil hat on and start killing "mutts" with fishinwrench. 

I'mma go back to lurking now. 

 

 

[fishinwrench]

I ain't bitin'. 🙂

[BilletHead]

39 minutes ago, Bird Watcher said:

lol

Been catching them for 20 years.  Sometimes there's more, sometimes you gotta know where to look for them.  some years they are everywhere.  1 million fry is not quite the load of fish you think it will be.  Lots of loss to negative flow and turbidity in that lake.  I'd take 250k fingerlings from 17 all day long.  I see they only have the stocking reports archived back to '10.  There were a couple of large stockings of fry and fingerlings in the lake between 2007-2010.  Just can't remember the years.  you could catch them schooling mid lake with the white bass at times following those stockings.  It was the same back in the 90s.  that's about as far back as I have memory catching them.    It was definitely better for a few years afterwards and became tougher as they aged out.  I've had days this year that I've caught 30-50 of them between 12-15".  I can only guess that's the stocking from 2017. 

I'll tell you this though.  I've seen some things with recruitment on that lake that convince me they successfully spawn at times.  No shortage of jumbo pure strain white bass though, so not sure if I'm ready to put a tin foil hat on and start killing "mutts" with fishinwrench. 

I'mma go back to lurking now. 

 

 

             Don't crawl back into your hole Chris. We need you to go to LOZ and do your magic with the throw net and confirm what the guys think(or say they know)and capture some threadfin shad . You may even see the Loch Ness Monster too !

21 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I ain't bitin'. 🙂

            Come on Wrench what's the fun in that ?

  BilletHead

[Chief Grey Bear]

21 hours ago, Bird Watcher said:

lol

Been catching them for 20 years.  Sometimes there's more, sometimes you gotta know where to look for them.  some years they are everywhere.  1 million fry is not quite the load of fish you think it will be.  Lots of loss to negative flow and turbidity in that lake.  I'd take 250k fingerlings from 17 all day long.  I see they only have the stocking reports archived back to '10.  There were a couple of large stockings of fry and fingerlings in the lake between 2007-2010.  Just can't remember the years.  you could catch them schooling mid lake with the white bass at times following those stockings.  It was the same back in the 90s.  that's about as far back as I have memory catching them.    It was definitely better for a few years afterwards and became tougher as they aged out.  I've had days this year that I've caught 30-50 of them between 12-15".  I can only guess that's the stocking from 2017. 

I'll tell you this though.  I've seen some things with recruitment on that lake that convince me they successfully spawn at times.  No shortage of jumbo pure strain white bass though, so not sure if I'm ready to put a tin foil hat on and start killing "mutts" with fishinwrench. 

I'mma go back to lurking now. 

 

 

I was thinking they stocked them back in the late 70's.