why DONT they put hybrids in Canyon? anyone heard if they will put any in Medina now that it is a lake again?

I've been asking that question for over a few decades and it makes no sense.
Canyon has a few stripers that have reached monster proportions but those are more than likely the one's that TPWD takes out of the river below the dam that terrorise the plentiful trout populations below the dam where they grow huge, happy, and fat, so they net them and dump them into the lake.
I've always thought that hybrids would do really well in Canyon and one hybrid probably wouldn't eat as much shad as one striper and even if it did at least you could eat the hybrid and not worry about the mercury warnings.

do you think a petition or something like that could get TPWD to stock canyon with hybrids? Seems like the mercury risk makes a good case for it! I hope they put them in Medina again too.

Residents around Lake Ray Hubbard I believe (don't quote me on that) got together and raised money and volunteers for stocking their lake with hybrids and it's been a great success.
I don't think TPWD would do anything on their own without local input which seems to be lacking.

Found this doing a search!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvv5UcS56bM

I nominate either Jimbo or Scott (Red White and Blue) as the president of the soon to be established Canyon Lake Sportsman Assoc.

There already are organizations that represent the lake community and I'm not familiar with what agenda's they have pursued.
It would take more than just one or two people to get something like that underway.
Just from my experience being in local bass clubs when they were popular back in the 70's and 80's, getting more than two people to agree to anything is darn near impossible.

Unfortunate but true about people agreeing.

Every striper I've caught or seen caught out of canyon in the past 10 years is a skinny thing. I'm not sure there is the forage base there for any more striper variants.

I wouldn't hesitate eating a smaller striper. Big ones I would slip back into the lake.

Any reports?

I fished the river yesterday for whites from Rebecca Creek ramp #11 all the way up past the big house to the rapids and caught 5 whites and one black bass and there was two guys that had spent the night and they said they only had 4 and that was as they were leaving and had enough.
I left about 11 am and there were no more boats up river. Only saw three boats total all morning.
I think they aren't up river yet, but this is a strange year in that it's the first year the lake has been full in several years.

Yeah that is weird they aren't up there yet. Wonder if they will even run up that way this year.

Just had a discussion via PM with another member about my thoughts on the run, and like I told him we may be seeing the results of several years of a lack of flow of the river and poor runs of the recent past runs.
This is the first year that we have a strong flow in the river in years. The whites were more than likely spawning in the backs of coves and main lake points during those low water years so the population of whites may be way down.
I will say that I've seen the run go past spring break in past years so I say give it a little longer before throwing in the towel.

I am pretty sure if they stocked Hybrids they would have mercury in them too. It has to do with lifespan and diet. A hybrid would be very similar to a striped bass in all areas and in my opinion still have mercury. The mercury comes from the environment/pollution and gets in the baitfish. The more baitfish eaten the more mercury accumulation. So hybrids will not solve that problem.

Its still a little early mid March they are waiting until daylight saving time......Lots of fat females still in deep water in the lake...

Everyone seems to start way to early....Mid march sometimes the first week in April.....