[tkwalker]

Originally Posted by Headhunter

I disagree. Stripers/hybrids do not reproduce in fresh water. Those fish have to raised in a hatchery and then transported and released. Someone has to pay and the guys fishing specifically for them should help out in some way, just like the trout fishermen or buy a sportsman license. I do not trout fish so I am not saying that because of that.

This is not quite a true statement (Speaking of Stripers on Old Hickory, Hey they are not hybrids, their natural instinct is to spawn ... Why do you think they swim upstream in the Spring ... Yep To spawn, and a false spawn in the Fall ... Kind of a false hatch like Turkeys ... The Rocks do the same thing in the Fall except they won't have row ) ... The TWRA biologist that I worked and spoke with in the 80's, 90's and early 2000 stated that about 5% actually reproduced in this fishery ... In A Heart Beat you can tell if a Big Sow has spawned ... But to reproduce you need the following ....

Now it has to be select waters ... They need 9 miles of hard current to keep the Fry tumbling before they can survive on their on... If the current is lost they drop to the bottom in the rocks ... Think about where their Journey ends after stopping by for a brief time at GSP ... They are looking for The perfect spawn temp ... 60 degree water and premo bait fish (Skippies) ... Just a heads up ..<'TK>< PHD in Piscatorial Paraphernalia and Scaly Face Psychology ...