Made a trip to the river at pine bluff and caught a ton of 5-10 inch striper! Never caught near that many on the river. Also did decent on the crappie, boy do I hate those striper!
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Made a trip to the river at pine bluff and caught a ton of 5-10 inch striper! Never caught near that many on the river. Also did decent on the crappie, boy do I hate those striper!
I went to the river tonight, below the hydro plant @ Little Rock and caught 9 stripers from 10-12 inches.
Chris
Must have had a big Spawn last spring !:fish The Arkansas River is one of the few places they spawn naturally here .
They are sterile without saltwater are they not?
,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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crappie_Smoker
Most Stripers in salt water move into fresh water (rivers ) to spawn . The eggs need current to stay off the bottom to hatch . They float and hatch in 2 to 3 days . That is why the spawns fail in large impoundments but do well in some rivers like the Arkansas .
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Originally Posted by cray
Yesterday, there were tons of 8 and 10 incher stripers chasing small shad and literally driving pickup loads of them up on a steep bank. I have never seen them trying to get out of the water like that before. There were so many small stripers, you dip a jig two feet in the water and they would grab it. They ran me out of my area.
Yea, I bet it is going to hurt crappie and bass in the near future! Sounds like they are there to stay.
I guess the high water last year allowed them to have a successful spawn?
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.
got any pictures???
I will try to get some pics Tuesday evening.
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 .Quote:
Originally Posted by warhawk
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 .Quote:
Originally Posted by blackfish
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
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
I've caught some big ones in the lower Arkansas River. Love it when they are chasing shad and they are hitting top water on zara spooks! My largest weighed a little over 21 lbs.