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More about Striped Bass:
Description:
Non-native. Introduced in 1959. Body has six to nine black horizontal
stripes on silvery-white sides. Dorsal fins are distinctly separate,
unlike yellow bass, which are joined at the base. Pelvic fins in large
adults, white with anal fin edged in white. Lower jaw protrudes beyond
upper jaw. Generally two patches of teeth on tongue. 2nd anal spine
distinctly shorter than the 3rd. Tail is slightly forked. Length: 10 to
56 inches. Weight: 1 to over 59 pounds.
Location and Habitat:
Found throughout the Colorado River between Lake Powell and the Mexican
border and more recently in Lake Pleasant. Prefer open, clear water.
Spawn in spring over shallow, rocky areas in a lake or in the fast
moving waters below dams.
Food:
Opportunistic feeders on dead or live fish, but prefer threadfin shad.
Like white bass and yellow bass, striped bass move and feed in schools.
Angling:
Stripers can be caught on shad, anchovies, "cut" bait, spoons, plugs,
jigs, crankbaits, and streamer flies.
Table Quality:
The meat is white, firm, flaky and excellent eating.
Years of controversial restrictions on striped bass catches in the
Chesapeake Bay and along the East Coast have paid off as fisheries
officials recently declared that rockfish stocks are fully recovered
from their depleted levels of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The striped bass was introduced to the West Coast in 1886, with fish from
the Navesink River in New Jersey transported via rail to San Francisco
Bay. The West Coast range of the species is from Los Angeles north to
the Columbia River on the Oregon/Washington state border.
The striped bass is a classic perch type fish, predominantly silver in
color with seven to eight dark lateral bands giving the species its
name. It's proclivity for reproduction is surely what brought the
striped bass back from the verge of extinction. According to McClane's
New Standard Fishing Encyclopedia, four-year old females produce 65,000
eggs; 13 year-old females produce nearly five million.
Most striped bass along the Atlantic coast are involved in two types of
migrations: an upriver spawning migration from late winter to early
spring, and coastal migrations that are apparently not associated with
spawning activity. Coastal migrations may be quite extensive; striped
bass tagged in Chesapeake Bay in winter and spring have been recaptured
during the summer in the Bay of Fundy and fish tagged in the Hudson in
spring have been recaptured off the coast of North Carolina during the
winter.
During spring and summer New England offers some of the finest striped
bass fishing on the East Coast. During the month of June fish swarm like
bees in coastal waters. The northern neck of Virginia, lying between the
Potomac and Rappahannock rivers, produces the most Stripers during the
fall and winter months. The best quality fish are caught by hook and
line or in pound nets, a traditional American Indian method of fishing
whereby fish are entrapped in a net or stake corral then harvested by
hand-brailling with scoop nets.
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Western
Arizona Striper Fishing: (928)754-3160 Or cell#
(520)661-8514 Western Arizona, Colorado River. Striped
Bass, Trout, Smallmouth & Largemouth Bass, Catfish and Crappie.
I guide the Colorado River system and local lakes from the
Laughlin, Nevada area south to Lake Havasau/Parker, Arizona the
year round. If you are a casino guest I can pick you up from
their dock's for a full day or half day of fishing. Top of the
line equipment used and reasonable rates.
