Thread: Striper stocked at Arkansas river Pine Bluff?

I will try to get some pics Tuesday evening.

Originally Posted by warhawk

Stripers spawn naturally in Texoma and lake Powell. I don't think anyone knows for sure what is the magic formula for stripers that live entirely in freshwater to spawn.

They must have current to keep eggs suspended 2 to 3 days for them to hatch . Stripers travel out of salt water into fresh water rivers to spawn. So spawning in waters not connected to salt water does not matter just proper current .

Any chance they might be yellow bass?

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Originally Posted by blackfish

Any chance they might be yellow bass?

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Nope . We catch Whites , Stripers and Yellow Bass all on the Arkansas and it's tributaries .

I have been catching all three of those species. I didn't get to stop on my way home yesterday evening and it was raining this evening. I will try to get a picture of the little buggers soon.

Chris

Doesn't really explain why stripers reproduce at Asante-Cooper, Texoma, and Powell and very few if any other places.

Originally Posted by cray

,not true. They will spawn in fresh water under the right conditions. That's how they became so prolific in lake Santee Cooper and Moultrie in South Carolina. Some got trapped when they built the dam and every since they have gone upriver and spawned successfully. That's where most of the brood stock came from originally to stock different lakes around the country.

This is an informative post, Cray. Nearly everyone I have heard has said that they don't spawn in fresh water, although someone years ago said that they thought Texoma was brackish enough for them to spawn. A friend of mine lives next to Texoma, and it didn't hurt his feelings a bit when all those stripers were washed over the dam a couple of years ago.

Not sure about the other lakes mentioned, but Powell has a good and constant current during the spawn most years due to snow melt and run off in the Rockies.

I have fished Lake Mead also and know that they can have huge spawns as well. I am not sure about Lake Havasu, the next lake down the Colorado River.

Chris