Stripers..Belly Up

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I DONT striper fish....never have....just wondering if you could fizz them the same way you do a bass....i know we catch a lot of our fish deep in the summer and as soon as you put them in the livewell its belly up...but as soon as you fizz them and release the swim bladder they turn back over....would be a thought for somebody to try....if you're gonna keep em to eat anyway it would be worth a shot to see if you could get one to turn over in the livewell

Stripers die in warm water due to the lactic acid build up during the fight. Add the deep water affects to that and they are dead. Fizzing them will do nothing but put a hole in them.

A 28-30 in winter and 18-20 in summer (mandatory take) would do wonders for the stripers in Cumberland and, mainly, would help increase the awareness of the hazzards of catch and release in the summer.

I would go as far as one at 36 inch in winter. TN does this on Norris Lake.

Andrew