Thread: Jordan Stripers?

Its my understanding that the state really screwed up stocking Jordan and Badin 4-5 years ago.

Heard from a wildlife officer that after the HUGE fish kill that effected every lake in NC, the state but large ##s of striper fry into all lakes, however the numbers were not turning up on Jordan AND Badin. The conclusion to all of it was that the large perch population especially in these 2 lakes were EATING the striper fry before they reached a safe size, therefor heavily hurting the striper populations on these lakes. i believe Tillery was also heavily effected. so about 3 years ago instead of stocking a LARGE ## of stirper "fry" in these lakes, they went ahead and put a lesser amount of "fingerlings". The error put these lakes about 2-3 years behind.

Thanks for that info, Pete. That makes since. Hope both lakes recover soon. Shotgun