Gary C. Mensinger

Observations On The Striped Bass, Morone Saxatills, In Keystone Reservoir, Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation initiated a program to establish striped bass in Keystone Reservoir in 1965. During the period 1965 to 1969, approximately 2.75 million striped bass ranging from fry to adults have been stocked. A program to determine if a spawning population of striped bass had developed was started in March 1969. The search for natural reproduction utilized egg sampling, meter netting, shoreline shocking, and shoreline seining methods. Natural reproduction was not found in 1969. A gill net survey of the striped bass population was conducted from...