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Hit the lake late around 5:00 pm. Went up and around the shore line casting top water lures. Right after the sun went down we found a small school. They were about 30 to 35 feet off shore. Did not see any shad or boils. But we ended up with enough for a fish fry. The total was 26 with the heaviest around 3 lbs. The wife takes the credit for that one!! Sorry but it was dark and my wife takes better pictures than I do. She had went home while I went to the fish cleaner.
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The Big Ones My Wife Reeled In!!!! [cool]
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You must eat a lot of fish. Why not release some of those to get bigger?
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Classic picture! What a great evening of fishing. As usual a great report! Thanks for sharing.
We are headed out Wednesday after work to try our luck. Just may have to tie on a topwater lure!
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Hello Striperhunter,
Yes we eat fish once a week. My cat enjoys raw fish. All my neighbors and friends who can't fish enjoy eating them. They appreciate us taking the time to clean some for them. Nothing goes to waste!!!!
We also like to save the shad for the larger fish. That is why they changed the limit on the lake. The small ones are eating the food supply. The quagga mussels and the shad are competing for the same food source. There will be less and less shad as the mussel population continues to grow. They also changed the limits in Lake Powell and the fishing could not be any better than right now. This is why the millions of dinks must be turned into taco's or what ever your preference is. The smaller fish are the best to eat in my opinion.Less small fish more food for the larger fish.
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What a wonderful answer; my apologies.
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That is fricken awesome. Way to go and Git er Done![cool]
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There is not a lot of information about the lifecycle of shad and stripers in Lake Mead. There is a ton of information about shad and stripers in Lake Powell. This information clearly justifies the need to reduce the striper population in Lake Powell through fishing. Lake Mead seems to be a similar situation, that is why the limit for small stripers is now unlimited! Lake Powell information on shad and stripers can be found at:
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You the man! That's how I like to do it. Catch away. Mead is definitely full of the smaller stripers so they can definitely without some of them. And you're absolutely right....the smaller ones have better meat to them. I've filleted the larger stripers and noticed that their meat is very soft and fatty. When cooked, it doesn't taste as good, too. The razor back stripers especially look unhealthy. I've caught quite a few stripers that are in excess of 24" in length but they barely weigh 2-3 lbs. I mean there simply is no meat to them. They just look bad so I typically kill them off. I know...it's a waste but trust me if you saw some of these fish you would understand why they needed to be...recycled. The smaller, faster stripers are clearly getting to the food faster than these razor back stripers, hence the reason why they are so skinny and unhealthy. Anyway, thought I would just add my 2 cents.
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Paul
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