Wilson Stripers

[skinner80]

Hey Craig

Had a fellow fisherman tell me the stripers in Wilson have some natural reproduction. He said that due to there actually being a higher than average amount of salt i guess from the rocky structure in this lake they can reproduce. Any truth to this that you know of?

Ryan

[Craig Johnson]

Hey Craig

Had a fellow fisherman tell me the stripers in Wilson have some natural reproduction. He said that due to there actually being a higher than average amount of salt i guess from the rocky structure in this lake they can reproduce. Any truth to this that you know of?

Ryan

Ryan,

Natural recruitment of stripers has not been documented at Wilson Reservoir. The Wilson population is sustained with regular stockings of fingerling stripers by KDWPT.

Stripers require precise conditions for successful spawning. Large stretches of flowing water must be available to keep the semi-bouyant eggs suspended in the water column until they hatch (36 to 75 hours). Too slow of flow and the eggs fall to the river bottom, become silt covered, and die. These required conditions don't normally occur above Kansas reservoirs so striper populations are maintained with regular stockings.

[skinner80]

Craig

Thanks for the reply I knew if they did reproduce it wouldn't be enough to sustain a population. Thank you and your fellow employees for the work that you do to manage our lakes and streams. Have lived and fished in many other states and for those who don't know already you guys manage these lakes well in the great state of Kansas.


Ryan