Seems I heard of stripers in lakes of Nevada, and since I'll be passing through Vegas on my way to Houston at month's end, I was wondering what the board might know about this. I know they're in the lakes of Indiana, because I've seen Benzy's pics.

Can anyone shed some light here?

Thanx

Fiftys and Sixtys supposedly come out of Lake Mead just outside Vegas... Not exactly surffishing though

Where the @#$% have you been //set a date &out of the woodwork comes N/F==============:wavey: :wavey:

Hi Mike. Hi all. Sorry to have missed this past weekend. Kids, new business plan, scheduling, blah,blah, blah...

Good here, hows by you?

Great & overweight:happy:

I don't think they get that big out there JohnR, (I could be wrong) but the striper or "wiper" fishing as they call it, due to the fact that the striped bass and the white bass mate out there causing the "wiper" anyway, the fishing out there is supposed to be awesome. My brother lives out there and has his boat on Lake Mead and Lake Havasu all the time!:kewl:

they fight like chit don't waste ya time.
All the muscle and fight of a 4" pogie

Lake Mead is one of the best freshwater striper fisheries in the US. If you can, look up a guide out there named Russ Comeau (aka "Bassdozer" of wmi/SOL fame). He moved "temporarily" to Lake Mead from Long Island a few years ago, and at last report, he's still there ;)

I also remember reading bout a 68#er that was caught in the colorado river a few yrs back..towed the guy around in his canoe

Originally posted by BigFish
I don't think they get that big out there JohnR, (I could be wrong) but the striper or "wiper" fishing as they call it, due to the fact that the striped bass and the white bass mate out there causing the "wiper" anyway, the fishing out there is supposed to be awesome. My brother lives out there and has his boat on Lake Mead and Lake Havasu all the time!:kewl:

Big Fish - they get enourmous out there. And provided they don't get seriously depleted, the world record striper will likely be a freshwater fish in the next 20 years - and Meade is a possibbility.

Hey NF - I just realized that you've been sniffin too much glue again. HTH do you go thru Nevada to get to Houston?? Yeh, they'll have more than one problem :smash: (you're not getting hitched at a "chapel" are ya??)

Hey....I said I could be wrong!:huh:

I would feel weird pulling a landlocked striper/wiper out of a lake. "Come here ya little sugarbooger..." :usd:

Oh, these aren't Wipers, they're full blown Strip'ed Bass growing where there is very little than can compete with them on the food chain...

Is N/F getting married ???????????????/:confused: :confused:

I believe the IGFA would set a Fresh Water Record seperate from a Striper from the Salt, as they do on most all species.
They do have a reputation for fighting hard but what would one expect, fishing with fresh water tackle! :laughs:

Seriously though, I suspect they don't use as heavy a tackle set up as we do out in the Rips and Beaches of the Cape and Islands.

Originally posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
they fight like chit don't waste ya time.
All the muscle and fight of a 4" pogie

Just to clear this up a bit.......
A Wiper or Hybrid Striped Bass are created by mixing the milt from a pure strain Striper and the eggs of a White Bass in the controlled environment of a hatchery. The offspring grow quickly as they are eating machines. They are stocked in specific waters to control the massive quantities of the Shad and Alewives populations.

The state record out here in Indiana is around 20lbs., but they do get bigger. IMHO, pound for pound they hit harder and fight harder than a Striped Bass, fresh or saltwater.

Bernzy

Originally posted by Clammer
Is N/F getting married ???????????????/:confused: :confused:

Yeah riiiiiight:rolleyes::)

the lines are almost always broken on a lake striper...and they're in the 40 to 60 pound class as close as penn state. In my opinion
they should be called the most important fish in the whole U.S.A.

the sweetwater bass tournaments had trouble releasing lethargic
largemouth bass after the weigh- ins because striped bass were waiting to gobble them up on several lakes. It takes a pretty big
striper to eat a five pound largemouth bass.

if your going to huston - lake huston is stocked with stripers and is 20 miles north east of the city..... if your driving south on route 35 , east of it is lake texoma. its shaped like a dragon and has trophy sized lake stripers not to mention it'll be alot warmer than anywhere you'd find in nevada.
qoute: In Texas, stripers in excess of 50 pounds have been landed. Although specimens exceeding 100 pounds have been caught in saltwater, to date a 66-pounder was the largest individual reported from inland waters. :cool:

http://www.4-seventhheaven.com/laketexoma.htm

i have always wanted to target landlocked stripers, as well as left-coast stripers. it has intrigued me since i first read about the transplanting of stripers to the pacific. i think i read the story in the late John N. Cole's book, "Striper, A Story of Fish and Man." (i actually did a book report back in high school on that book :D ) i have a friend that lives in san fransisco. i may be making that trip soon enough! :happy:

so, John, how about a "Cali-Leg" or a "Landlocked-Leg". :laughs:

Originally posted by t.lapinski
i have a friend that lives in san fransisco. i may be making that trip soon enough! :happy:

Thuuuuper. :hihi:

weewee, not that kind of friend. :smash: SHE goes to mount holyoke. :D

who is holyoke ? I have heard of corn holio . heh heh heh

Originally posted by chris L
I have heard of corn holio . heh heh heh are you threatening me? t.p. for my bunghole!

Originally posted by t.lapinski
SHE goes to mount holyoke. :D

So she still is in the right place, eh?

A few years back I was setting up a network in Sacramento and shipped my rods out :hihi: . I had very little time to fish but for a few short hours I took a break and went Striper fishing in the Sacramento River Delta and caught some school bass - in February. Also hooked into a Sturgeon for 5 minutes :)

no bung here ! we dont travel down the back roads , its full of rednecks .

I've been thinking about striper fishing Lake Wallenpaupack (PA) in the summer. Unfortunately it's vitually all boat fishing but apparently the stripers pin the bait in the coves and go to town :D They have herrign int he bait shops all summer.......... About a 4 hour ride from Rhody...........

Pretty sure Bernzy is right....,the landlocked stripers do not get much bigger than about 20 lbs. If anyone has documentation backing up the state records for landlocked striper, I would like to see it. Just curious, not trying to say or prove anyone is wrong, just going by what I have heard!:huh:

Here's a landlocked striper from Kentucky. It weighs about 56lbs.
They do get bigger!

kansas 43.8 # wilson reservoir

nevada 60.14# lake mohave

I believe bernzy is talking hybrids

Here is a list of Stripers (not hybrids) but real Morone Saxitalis caught mostly in Sweetwater: http://www.cabelas.com/information/cabelas-field-guides/Bass-Other-Bass/Striped-Bass---For-the-Record.html

State Weight Angler Body Of Water
Alabama 55 lbs. 0 oz. Charles Totty Tallapoosa River
Arizona 23 lbs. 8.3 oz. David Jackson Alamo Lake
Arkansas 64 lbs. 8 oz. Jeff Fletcher White River
California 67 lbs. 8 oz. Hank Ferguson O'Neill Forebay
Colorado 12 lbs. 13 oz. Wayne Wollins CF&I Res.No. 2
Connecticut 75 lbs. 6 oz. Steven Franco New Haven Harbor
Delaware 51 lbs. 8 oz. Betty Roseu Indian River Inlet
Florida 42 lbs. 4 oz. Alfonso Barnes Apalachicola River
Georgia 63 lbs. 0 oz. Kelly Ward Oconee River
Hawaii Not Listed N/A N/A
Idaho Not Listed N/A N/A
Illinois 31 lbs. 7 oz. Not Listed Sangchris Lake
Indiana 35 lbs. 6 oz. Tony Campisano Ohio River
Iowa 9 lbs. 4 oz. Richard Pauley Lake Rathbun
Kansas 43 lbs. 8 oz. Chester Nily Wilson Reservoir
Kentucky 58 lbs. 4 oz. Roger Foster Lake Cumberland
Louisiana 47 lbs. 8 oz. James Taylor Toledo Bend
Maine Not Listed N/A N/A
Maryland 47 lbs. 2 oz. Robert Bruce Liberty Reservoir
Massachusetts Not Listed N/A N/A
Michigan Not Listed N/A N/A
Minnesota Not Listed N/A N/A
Mississippi 37 lbs. 13 oz. Robert Fulce Lower Sardis Lake
Missouri 51 lbs. 0 oz. Jasper Bouse Bull Shoals Lake
Montana Not listed N/A N/A
Nebraska 64 lbs. 15 oz. Gene Baker Southerland Reservoir
Nevada 60 lbs. 14 oz. Herman Britz Lake Mohave
New Hampshire 60 lbs. 0 oz. Robert A. Lindholm Great Dover Bay
New Jersey 35 lbs. 0 oz. Partick Lilly Delaware River
New Mexico 54 lbs. 8 oz. Jim Secor Elephant Butte
New York 54 lbs. 5.9 oz. James Van Dyke Hudson River
North Carolina 54 lbs. 2 oz. Larry Verner Hiwassee Reservoir
North Dakota 20 lbs. 12 oz. Unknown Devils Lake
Ohio 37 lbs. 1 oz. Mark Chuifo West Branch Res.
Oklahoma 47 lbs. 8 oz. Louis Parker Lower Illinois River
Oregon 64 lbs. 8 oz. Beryl Bliss Umpqua River
Pennsylvania Not Listed N/A N/A
Rhode Island 70 lbs. 0 oz. J. Szabo Block Island
South Carolina 55 lbs. 12 oz. Sam Porter Lake Thurmond
South Dakota Not Listed N/A N/A
Tennessee 65 lbs. 6 oz. Not Listed Cordell Hull Reservoir
Texas 53 lbs. 0 oz. Ron Venerable Brazos River
Utah 48 lbs. 11 oz. Travis Jensen Lake Powell
Vermont Not Listed N/A N/A
Virginia 49 lbs. 4 oz. Robert Burgess Smith Mountain Lake
Washington 11 lbs. 9 oz. Carl Pruitt Banks Lake
West Virginia 22 lbs. 5 oz. Randy Colbird Bluestone Lake
Wisconsin 1 lbs. 9 oz. Not Listed Fox River
Wyoming 7 lbs. 14 oz. Dustin Shorma Sheridan County 1

A few years ago the old man calls me into the t.v. room. He's sitting there watching a boat fishing show where the guys are crankin' in 30 pound plus bass one after another. I wanted to cry with envy. Then my father asks me if I notice anything wierd. I said yeah, big deal. Their on a boat probably off the Vineyard and their into a big school. He says look agian. I notice all the mountains in the background and find that wierd. He says its cause their on a lake... in ARKANSAS.......A land locked lake called BEAVER LAKE just absolutely piled up with big stripers. My father turns on the volume and the guide is talking saying how they catch a lot of big fish and that 35 pounds is the AVERAGE fish....in a fresh water lake........................in ARKANSAS!!!!!!! What a great state, not only can you marry your sister, but they have big stripers.

Hybrid Striped Bass state records.

Alabama 25 lbs 15 oz Sipsey Fork E.H. Hodges 9/13/1996

Arkansas 27 lbs 5 oz Greers Ferry Lake Jerald C. Shaum 4/24/1997

Colorado 23 lbs 15 oz 34" Nee Noshe Reservoir Seth Green 1996

Delaware 13 lbs 13.5 oz Lums Pond Earl Blevins 3/12/1990

Georgia 25 lbs 8 oz Lake Chatuge David Hobby 5/1/1995

Illinois 20 lbs 0.32 oz Lake of Egypt David B. Gjelsvik 6/20/1993

Indiana 19 lbs 3 oz Tippecanoe River Sam Tracy 2002

Iowa 18 lbs 15 oz 33.25" Des Moines River Don Ostergaard 9/1997

Kansas 22 lbs 0 oz 28.5" Pomona Reservoir Kevin Carson 6/28/1993

Kentucky 20 lbs 8 oz Barren River Mark Wilson 4/27/1991

Louisiana 15 lbs 3 oz N/A 5/1992

Michigan 10 lbs 12 oz 27.5" Kalamazoo River Jeff Van Broklin 1996

Mississippi 17 lbs 12.32 oz Lower Sardis Lake Robert F. Fulce 4/15/1991

Nebraska 17 lbs 14 oz Harlan County Reservoir Reggie Bosshamer 6/28/1996

Nevada 13 lbs 10 oz 28.25" Lahontan Reservoir Larry L. Allen 2000

New Jersey 16 lbs 4 oz Culvers Lake Bill Schmidt 1999

New York 11 lbs 2 oz Lake Waccabuc George C. Harris 8/26/2000

Ohio 17 lbs 10.88 oz 31" Deer Creek Lake Rosemary Shaver 5/4/2001

Oklahoma 23 lbs 4 oz 33.5" Altus-Lugert Lake Paul Hollister 4/1/1997

South Carolina 20 lbs 6 oz Savannah River Danny Wood 1978

Tennessee 23 lbs 3 oz Stones River unknown 5/17/1998

Texas 19 lbs 10.56 oz 35.16" Ray Hubbard Lake John Haney 6/20/1984

Utah 5 lbs 15 oz 22" Willard Bay Reservoir Floyd Eggli 1998

West Virginia 14 lbs 0 oz 32.1" Kanawha River Frankie Harris 2000

Wisconsin 13 lbs 14.2 oz 28" Columbia Lake unknown 3/16/2002

Hey Ross long time no talk. You coming to the winter fest next month on the 21st????????

Wow....I stand corrected, and very humbled JohnR, you stuck me so hard with that info that I am having trouble walking now! A plug bag with some plugs would make me feel a whole lot better!:hihi: :uhuh: Thanks for the info guys, and damn, thanks for that picture Bernzy! What a pouch on that big girl!

Clamma, Goose got the goods....No wedding bells for this boy.... Just headed to Vegas for R&R, and some fishing I hope, before the SuperBowl, which is why Houston via Vegas. Already did the married thing. Got two great kids, so why would I wanna do that again???? Nuff said on that chit/:D

GB, I hope to be there on the 21st. Have to be crazy to miss out on that night after last year! When we gonna do your land clearing????

This thread got fun. I'll report on how I do out on Lake Mead after the Super Bowl!!! (thinking Pats are going to be there too!)

Thanks to Mike P, I got some good info on the Bassdozer site for guides, license, what the fish do this time of year etc. Thanks Mike! Looks like the fish go deep this time of year so guiding it is the MO.

yes G B nightfighter they do have some nice bass in sweetwater!!! and ya can't go wrong at LAKE MEAD... take a little side trip. ya gotta ask the locals and go for monster sturgeon on one of the local rivers..#250+

cool reading i found looking for left coast striper info.

http://www.kellscraft.com/somefish/somefish14.html

http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/wdb/pub/0133.pdf

MY FRIEND bILL fishes for them there
of course the lake level is at an all time low

My dad took a canyon river ride in Nevada he said the guide told him reports of striped bass that feed on Rainbow trout.
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