Despite Extinction Predictions, Mountain Streams Supporting Fish
Predictions that fishes living in cold mountain streams were set to suffer massive extinctions thanks to climate change have turned out to be wrong, according to new research led by scientists at the U.S. Forest Service.
Mo. plan to uncap stunted crappie yields hybrid striper fishery instead
An attempt to jumpstart a stunted white crappie fishery on a Missouri reservoir hasn't panned out, according to a recent study from a state fish biologist. But some anglers are plenty happy with a major side effect of the failed plan: A hybrid striped bass fishery.
Coast Guard to crack down on striped bass poaching in the Exclusive Economic Zone
The U.S. Coast Guard plans to crack down on striped bass poaching off the coast of New Jersey and Delaware this winter, the Asbury Park Press reported. Petty Officer Nick Ameen, a spokesperson for the Coast Guard, says with the increased patrols will come more frequent boat boardings and inspections.
Study looks at cross-stocking striped bass in struggling N.C. fishery
Years of concerted striped bass management in North Carolina's Roanoke River and Albemarle Sound have built a thriving fishery that draws thousands of anglers a year. A recently published study takes a look at how the striper broodstock that played a role in that recovery have fared when stocked in other rivers in the state where the species continues to flounder.
California Delta stripers are on the move for fall and winter fishing
Every fall striped bass move from the saltwater of the the San Francisco Bay up into the freshwater of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta. To an outsider, a map of the Delta might look like a nightmarish web of channels, streams and sloughs where someone's less likely to get into stripers and more likely to just get lost.
For striped bass on Lake Powell, follow the boils and then the ravens
Wayne Gustaveson showed up for work as a fisheries biologist on Lake Powell a year after striped bass were first stocked in the reservoir. He says he "grew up" with that fishery in the sprawling canyon-filled reservoir straddling the Utah-Arizona border, both as a manager and an angler. "This lake is incredible," he said. "It's the most exciting fishing you can do on freshwater, on beautiful blue water under red rocks."
Hatchling striped bass stocked in South Carolina waters
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has stocked several water bodies in the state with hatchling striped bass, according to The Greenville News. More than 280,000 went into Lake Hartwell alone. Stocking in other areas helped push the total number of bass added to 458,000. Fisheries biologists say the baby fish will grow to good, catchable sizes in a couple of springs.
