Bear Creek Reservoir Fishing: Stripe are eating crappie?NOPE

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	Name:	lakelover324 -
	Subject:	Stripe are eating crappie?NOPE
	Date:	7/21/2011 4:43:13 PM

I know this is an old thread but it is an ongoing sore spot among the crappie fishermen. I did my own survey of striper stomach contents in 2002. I kept 41 stripe over the coarse of the year and sampled the stomach contents of ALL of them. I was both shocked and amazed not to have found a single crappie in the stomach. The vast majority of stomach contents were shad, followed by bream, suckers, and even a couple of crawfish.
I remember the days of crappie fishing with my grandfather and boating a 100 a day during the spring. That type of fishing pressure along with the people that continued to keep non spawning size crappie until the 9 inch minimum was imposed contributed to fewer crappie. These are just my humble opinions though.

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