Quote Originally Posted by HURRICANEBOB View Post
Phil and Stripernut, I hope you guys are right and the lake gets back to a Trophy fishery and better supports the local economy. I really feel more info is always the best way to allow people to come up with a valid game plan to work around obstacles. At a minimun, when we know what we are faced with we can plan accordingly.

Best regards and thanks to both of you for what you do and what you share with us.
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really looking forward to the day we go back to measuring in pounds instead of inches.....it will happen. i would urge people to contact the fisheries representatives and press them for more info as to what the plan of attack is ? changes in creel/size limits ? no action at all ?
while the dam repair is going on is this the opportunity to repair age class structures ? i dont know im not a biologists, i do know the present plan isnt providing the trophy results weve had in the past.
keep in mind that when the lake returns to "normal" summer pool there will be challenges, like phil said the fertility levels, the O2 levels, not to mention have you ever tried to pull boards in a submerged "sappling thicket?

i am curious about something though. some stripers have a heavy infestation in their mouth but are still fairly plump while others are almost whithered to nothing. are the ones that are still fairly healthy looking "newly infested"?.....if so then there are alot more parasites in the water now than in the past? are they feeding better in the cold water ?

there is so much more to this than saying "the stripers have parasites".
like i said before...let the department know we are concerned, make this issue a priority for them.