| Title: | Fishing Notes- Archived |
| Notice: | See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference |
| Moderator: | DONMAC::MACINTYRE |
| Created: | Fri Feb 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Sep 20 1991 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1660 |
| Total number of notes: | 20970 |
Todays's Newburyport News reported a Striper (37" 29 lbs.) taken
in Rocks Village/West Newbury which is well up the Merrimac,
probably ten miles.
Is it normal for stripers to go that far up river? The article
contended that the fish was that far up stream because the river is
getting cleaner.
I always thought (perhaps wrongly) that striped bass were predominantly
salt or brackish water dwellers; the water up by Rocks Village is
fresh.
Can anyone shed light on this? Am I wasting my time fishing down at
the mouth of the river?
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| 1440.1 | All the way to the dam in Lawrence... | BARTLE::DEINNOCENTIS | John DeInnocentis CFO2-2/F53 | Wed Jun 20 1990 10:28 | 9 |
Several "keeper" stripers have been caught all the way to the launch
ramp in Lawrence right below the dam. More Striper fishing takes place
behind the Social Security building (about 200 yards below the launch
ramp). There is quite the potpourri of fishing activity in this area.
You got shad fishing with a poor run this year, herring, stripers,
atlantic salmon, people spearing eels, fishing the bottom for catfish
as well as an array of other species. There have even been a couple
of walleye in the fish ladder. There is something for everyone here
but it still looks and feels like a dump to me.
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| 1440.2 | Your chances are probably better in salt/brackish | MSDOA::CUZZONE | Warning! Aliens approaching! | Tue Jun 26 1990 10:07 | 8 |
The odd striper shows up at the Holyoke dam on the Conn. river which
has to be 60 miles from the salt. And, they certainly survive well in
fresh water on a permament basis when stocked. I don't know that you
should expect more stripers upriver than at the mouth ... after all
they have to pass the mouth to go upriver.
-SSS-
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