#1629693 - 04/21/1511:36 AM
Re: Big Striper CANDLEWOOD
[Re: JoeyHBCT]
orangesunshine
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Registered: 12/09/12
Posts: 266
Loc: New Britain Ct
I do know the difference between the two and that this is a regular striper lol. I've just seen the lakes down south that have the hybrids (although I haven't done much research on them) and think it'd be cool to have a lake or two with them in ct, hell if they could manage regular stripers in a lake that'd be cool too. won't ever happen though. totally agree that this one striper in cwood will not have much of an impact at all.
#1629694 - 04/21/1511:43 AM
Re: Big Striper CANDLEWOOD
[Re: JoeyHBCT]
onthewater102
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Registered: 04/14/05
Posts: 1649
Loc: Kent, CT
Exactly...one 30lb striped bass eats what? the same as 5 or 6 6lb LMB? probably close to the same dietary requirement...how much impact would that have on C-wood? none...anyone who could have done this would not have done it on a scale comparable to a state stocking (hundreds or thousands of fish) so there are probably no more than a few trips worth of fish moved if they're transporting schoolies...hardly any impact what-so-ever.
As far as Muskie's in Lilli - I think it's just a matter of time before the Tiger muskies up in MA find their way down the same way the pike did.
#1629695 - 04/21/1511:44 AM
Re: Big Striper CANDLEWOOD
[Re: orangesunshine]
KillTaker
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Registered: 04/17/06
Posts: 11811
Loc: Southbury, CT
Originally Posted By: orangesunshine
I do know the difference between the two and that this is a regular striper lol. I've just seen the lakes down south that have the hybrids (although I haven't done much research on them) and think it'd be cool to have a lake or two with them in ct, hell if they could manage regular stripers in a lake that'd be cool too. won't ever happen though. totally agree that this one striper in cwood will not have much of an impact at all.
OK, I have seen a lot of people confuse the two. I just wanted us to have our seasons straight....
I have caught plenty of landlocked Wipers and Stripers over the years in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and even Florida (sunshine bass). They can provide an amazing fishery. The Stripers can reproduce in most of the water I have fished, such as the TN and AR Rivers. These rivers have dams that mak lakes, so there is always moving water for successful spawning.
So, someone either caught or bought from a hatchery Stripers or a Striper and put it in Candlewood. I'll bet after all this publicity peeps are going to try to put stripers in all kinds of lakes....
#1629731 - 04/21/1504:11 PM
Re: Big Striper CANDLEWOOD
[Re: KillTaker]
D-Roc
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Registered: 04/27/06
Posts: 796
Loc: Longmeadow, MA
Originally Posted By: KillTaker
The people calling foul over this one fish are cray cray. Yes, if you dropped 1000 of these in Candy maybe, but jeeze the cormorants are the ones you should be worried about....
What is this world coming to.... When KT is the voice of reason it's a little scary!
This is a fun thread,so here are a few questions. Say it was stocked as a 18-24" schoolie, how long does it take to reach 30 plus pounds? That will be the start of the timeline. Then its real healthy and fat,that thing ate a fck load of alewives etc. Lastly,whoever put it in will eventually be found out and its believe its someone we know.They're not going to keep it secret,whats the fun in that
#1629741 - 04/21/1505:04 PM
Re: Big Striper CANDLEWOOD
[Re: D-Roc]
EGGNOG
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Registered: 01/18/10
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Loc: Watertown
Originally Posted By: D-Roc
Originally Posted By: KillTaker
The people calling foul over this one fish are cray cray. Yes, if you dropped 1000 of these in Candy maybe, but jeeze the cormorants are the ones you should be worried about....
What is this world coming to.... When KT is the voice of reason it's a little scary!
Let's get one thing straight people. KT is not the voice of reason: today or ever. Like Larry said , fun thread .
The hybrids are the offspring of a striped bass and a white bass.
Landlocked striped bass are not hybrids, they just are landlocked. They do have significant trouble reproducing as described above. Therefore the stocking programs can be easily controlled. And the damage to a local ecosystem could be minimal if managed properly. The people calling foul over this one fish are cray cray. Yes, if you dropped 1000 of these in Candy maybe, but jeeze the cormorants are the ones you should be worried about....
Other than your use of that awful "cray cray" thing, you're spot on. Cormorants eat more bass and trout than a couple hundred stripers would.
RichZ
Everybody's got to believe something — I believe I'll go fishing.
#1629752 - 04/21/1505:50 PM
Re: Big Striper CANDLEWOOD
[Re: JoeyHBCT]
tommy
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Registered: 04/23/05
Posts: 5261
Loc: Danbury
Rue Roe, that looks like the one I released a couple of years ago, only then it was about 24 lbs. I was startled that it was in Candlewood but didn't have the heart to kill it.
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