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	Name:	stripernut -
	Subject:	Floating Stripes
	Date:	8/31/2010 4:52:09 PM

August is a tough time for stripes. Saturday morning we were trolling in the Dixie Sailing Club area, and noticed a white belly floating about 100 yards in front of the bow. We made our way to it, and it turned out to be a 42 lb stripe flopping on its side. The fish was healthy looking, but was obviously on her way out, so we netted her. About 10 minutes later, we netted another in the same manner that weighed about 8. At first I figured these were fish that were caught and released by others, but we could find no hook marks on either fish. Moreover, one of my buddies (Mountain Man on this forum) found a fresh 25 pounder while trolling in the same general area. I was speaking to another friend (Deckhand on this forum) yesterday - he works at Bowater paper mill in Childersburg - he said their plant was not allowed to discharge in the Coosa owing to low oxygen. Neither fish that we netted had anything in their gut, making me think they were probably up looking for a meal in hot water. These occurrences taken together make me think that low oxygen/ hot water temperature has caused at least a minor stripe kill on the lower end of Martin. Although, our data/sightings are few, it seems that bigger fish were impacted harder, which is alarming. Hopefully, temperatures will moderate soon, as cooler water can hold higher concentrations of dissolved oxygen. I hope that we don't see a big die-off. This also has implications for catch and release - any stripes that you bring to the boat now, especially larger fish, will not likely make it if released.

Has anyone else found fresh floating stripes recently?

Tight Lines!
Wes

URL: http://www.lakemartinstripes.com