Development and Management of an Urban Fishery with Hybrid Striped Bass
Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) x white bass (M. chrysops) hybrids were introduced into Lake Osborne, Florida, annually from 1975 to 1983 as a shad control agent and sport fish for an urban fishery. Stocking rates ranged from 21 to 337 fish per hectare. Peak season creel surveys have documented a substantial hybrid fishery in terms of harvest and effort. Creel censuses indicated 21%, 8%, 2%, and 6% stocking rate returns, respectively, during 4 creel periods from 1980 to 1984 on young-of-year fish. The majority of the hybrids were harvested by bank fishermen using bait shrimp in constricted...
