What happened to the stripers? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Harry Hill · 03-31-2016, 10:06 AM

Back in the 60's when I used to fish off piers F&G planted a bunch of baby stripers along the coast with the idea that they would spawn during years of heavy rain run-off. We caught a lot of juveniles off the piers in those days. I quit fishing piers in the mid 70's so I don't know when they disappeared but I don't hear about anybody catching stripers along the coast now. Are they still out there or was the plan a bust?

socal.beach.bum · 03-31-2016, 12:47 PM

I'll hear about the occasional one being caught up and down the coast every few years, but nothing more than a handful in the past 5 years.

acorad · 03-31-2016, 02:24 PM

I got one in the surf last weekend, but that was all the way up in Monterey.

Andy

Dave Legacy · 03-31-2016, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by socal.beach.bum

I'll hear about the occasional one being caught up and down the coast every few years, but nothing more than a handful in the past 5 years.

Seems like a bunch were caught this past year in the surf. More than other years or just more reported?

FullFlavorPike · 03-31-2016, 04:15 PM

Divers shoot them occasionally north of santa barbara

Harry Hill · 03-31-2016, 06:27 PM

so are those stripers down from the delta or are there still ocean going stripers in SoCal?

03-31-2016, 10:06 AM	#1
Harry Hill Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,136	What happened to the stripers? Back in the 60's when I used to fish off piers F&G planted a bunch of baby stripers along the coast with the idea that they would spawn during years of heavy rain run-off. We caught a lot of juveniles off the piers in those days. I quit fishing piers in the mid 70's so I don't know when they disappeared but I don't hear about anybody catching stripers along the coast now. Are they still out there or was the plan a bust?

03-31-2016, 12:47 PM	#2
socal.beach.bum Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Palos Verde, CA Posts: 636	I'll hear about the occasional one being caught up and down the coast every few years, but nothing more than a handful in the past 5 years.

03-31-2016, 02:24 PM	#3
acorad Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Agoura Hills Posts: 166	I got one in the surf last weekend, but that was all the way up in Monterey. Andy

03-31-2016, 04:15 PM	#5
FullFlavorPike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 809	Divers shoot them occasionally north of santa barbara

03-31-2016, 06:27 PM	#6
Harry Hill Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,136	so are those stripers down from the delta or are there still ocean going stripers in SoCal?