What do you guys think it would have weighed? Was fishing a bass club tu last Saturday on Beaver Lake in AR. my scale; only go to 15lb so don't have a weight but it was 40" long and mean and hell.

Generally when stripers get over 40" they'll go about 1 lb. per inch if they are in prime condition (well fed). Using the muskie calculation (girth x girth x length/800) and estimating a girth on a healthy striper for this length at 26", the calculator would put it close to 34-35 lbs.

It would take a girth of about 28" for a 40" long fish to put it close to 40-lbs.

redfen, all our stripers seem to be (well fed) here on Beaver. I've caught a few while bass fishing but this was the largest. Sure was a good fight on a 6' rod and 15lb line. Thanks jms.

jms------Beaver certainly is a fine lake. The saltwater length/weight charts show an average 40" at 26 lbs. A lot depends on the time of year, spawn, etc. so knowing the girth is important if you don't have an official scale.

For comparison, I caught a 41-7/8" saltwater female during the spawn (in freshwater) and she officially weighed 32#.

caps, I did not know that stocked stripers would spawn...Do land-locked stripers spawn???? I don't thank that they do, but I am not a striper man..jms

Texoma striper spawns take - the salt content from the Red River is the key factor. Stripers go thru the spawning ritual in all lakes but it doesn't create little stripers - not enough salinity content in most lakes. But they all (including hybrids) carry eggs and milt.

Growing up on Beaver lake as a teenager I worked at war eagle marina on the south end of the lake and I remember stripers as big as 45#. That was in the eraly 80's. Not sure what the length was on those fish I just remember they BIG. They were as healthy as they could be then.War Eagle was the last marina as you travel south up the white river and most stripers were caught in the spring as they were going through the spawn ritual.

Ok,so they do spawn but the eggs do not hatch, not enough salt. Captan Dave, I used to fish the brush in the back of War Eagle boat dock in the 8o's and have weighed a bass or two on their scales,small world, The marina is still there but takes up much of the cove now...jms

On the striper spawn, It's my understanding that there are only about 4 lakes in the U.S. where stripers can reproduce. I believe it takes two key requirements. 1. they need 50 miles of current to carry their eggs downstream. and 2. a high salinity content in the water. We are lucky to be one of the few places to have a lake that will reproduce them at Texoma. I'm no biologist but thats what I've heard on a couple of occasions.

YOU MUST HAVE SOME GOOD 15LB TEST LINE I USE 30-40LB

drag, drag, drag...

15LB SEGUAR,6'G Loomis,3/8oz.spinner bait,thumb the drag...jms

The Dept of Fish & Game planted Stripers in Lake Mead, southern Nevada, and thought they would not reproduce but they were wrong. The Stripers are now so plentiful the limit was raised from 10 to 20 and you can't catch a fish over 2-3 pounds anymore. They do still catch the odd 50#'er below the dam in the river but that is really work throwing a Bomber LONG A most of the night.

JMS, we lived in the house that at that time was the only house on the small island across from the marina store.I know that they have moved most of the docks all to the east side of the cove. those were some good times back then. back to stripers reproducing I have allways herd the same thing that arklabama dude is saying that the eggs have to keep moving for a long distance and that the salinity has to be high.remember they are a salt water fish in the sea bass family.