07-10-2013, 02:17 PM
[quote Tarpon4me] Someone told me today that those fish will not successfully spawn if land locked. I can't believe that. I wanted to hear from you guys as to what your thoughts are on this. I can't be convinced that the lakes in the US that have land locked populations of these fish continue to maintain acceptable levels of populations, unless they are spawning. [/quote]
They may actually be correct. There are only a few land locked populations of stripers that do reproduce naturally. Land locked stripers were never thought to be able to successfully spawn. However, when they were introduced to reservoirs here in the West, they did (Powell, Meade, Havasu, etc.). In fact, many believed that the stripers in Lake Powell would never reproduce. I personally know two fisheries biologists that knew better -- they kept saying "yes, they will....".
There is also a pretty good population of stripers in the Pacific Ocean that run the Sacramento River.
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They may actually be correct. There are only a few land locked populations of stripers that do reproduce naturally. Land locked stripers were never thought to be able to successfully spawn. However, when they were introduced to reservoirs here in the West, they did (Powell, Meade, Havasu, etc.). In fact, many believed that the stripers in Lake Powell would never reproduce. I personally know two fisheries biologists that knew better -- they kept saying "yes, they will....".
There is also a pretty good population of stripers in the Pacific Ocean that run the Sacramento River.
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