Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

[Bob La Londe]

Fish Story <br /><br />Was it a striper or a largemouth? What do you think?

 

[jtexas]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

In my experience, LMB always come up to the top when hooked, stripers run deep.

 

[bubbakat]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

Sounds just like an ole big striper headn for deep cover.<br />But then again who knows.

 

[PAkev]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

Scuba diver .........selling lots of used tackle on EBAY.

 

[Bob La Londe]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

I keep thinking striper myself, but I'm just not sure. I had jsut caught a 13" LM out of that same wedbed a few casts before.

 

[Elk Chaser]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

I've caught my fair share of both in my day. <br /><br />While it is true the large mouth will usually break water, in my experience it is not necessarily true for the big ones. <br /><br />I have to say that the few of lunkers 10lb + that I hooked did not break water.... They ran for cover hard, fast and deep. The first 12 pounder I hooked I never saw it until I landed it.

 

[jtexas]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

On second thought, I never knew a striper that had any use for a weed bed, but a bass will try to tie your line to a tree limb if one is handy; surfacing to throw the hook is usually plan B.

 

[walleyehed]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

are there any hybrids present that you know of???<br />If there are white Bass in the lake as well, chances are there could be a few...they will do as you say as well....and Wipers LOVE brush, weeds, grass etc...

 

[Bob La Londe]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

No, no hybrids... besides stripers get larger than hybrids typicaly do. WE have a large population of stripers, but they tends to run 1-3 lbs in this area. Whatever this was it was bigger.

 

[walleyehed]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

here's a little Kansas Wiper...<br />

 

[Bob La Londe]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

I know how big wipers are. I have caught stripers that big and bigger in Lake Powell. Thats a nice fish by the way. <br /><br />Naturally (sort of) reporducing stripers in fresh water get upto about 60 pounds. Typically in a given area they will run in ever larger schools of ever smalelr fish as their population density increase.

 

[TELMANMN]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

Looks like a Carp.

 

[walleyehed]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

Bob, here on Texoma we have total natural Reproduction of stripers, but we also have high salinity content and 2 major river systems feeding us. Stripers of 20+ are rare here though due to the density of total bio-mass.<br />We used to see some 40's+ in Wilson Res. in Kansas back when I was working in fisheries management, and I believe a 54lb'er is the record now, but things are slow there.<br />Nice web site you have there as well!<br />telmanmm, are you referring to the fish or me?????

 

[TELMANMN]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

Fish. Its prettier.

 

[walleyehed]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

Thanks! I'll take that into consideration next time I'm yankin' wallys outa your waters!!

 

[Bob La Londe]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

The Colorado River system definitely has natural reproduction of stripers as well. My (sort of) comment referred to the fact that are not considered a native fish. Thanks for the compliment on the site.

 

[walleyehed]

Re: Was it a Striper or a Largemouth

Wish you were closer, Bob, I'd love to get involved in your circut. can never have too many..