that was before this fella with 4 boats ate them all

We were skiing at Whitney this weekend saw HUGE schools of little striper all over the boat ramp at Loafers Bend East. I know they were striper as we caught a few of the 6” ones trying to figure out what they were. I think the population is fine and that there are always new generations of fish. I just think fishing gets hard in the summer and doubt that guides are the cause of not being able to catch fish in the summer. Over fishing = the gulf coast of Texas and redfish.

Love it when a guy can't find fish it is a guide caught all the fish. Or they all went over the spill way during last high water
Johnny

or a guide complaining about other guides who are on fish

https://texasfishingforum.com/forum...te-opening-tomorrow-whitney#Post13166578

I thought it was the Asians?

I know this is a different subject but does the tpwd monitor guides. I have never been checked after a guided trip salt or freshwater. The guides I have always gone with kept a close watch on fish counts cause they didn’t want to lose their license. What are the requirements to become a guide? Do you pay your license fee and make a website? I think there should be some kind of requirements like every other trade to keep the rif raff out. What do you think?

I know offshore captains have to keep harvest log

Got em!

There are plenty of striper in Whitney. You just have to know where and when they feed. And I'm no guide.

the fish are still there, we had some issues with a thermocline developing with the lake 23ft high. they released all the oxygenated water, and left the striper in survival mode. the guide service you are referring to runs 10 to 12 trips a week. so at 20 fish per trip. that's 240 fish a week. but Oct-March 4 or 5 trips per week. whitney gets between 250k and 1 million striper per year, plus fish from pk granbury and cleburne now. been going on for years, and hadn't been a problem yet. this guide has alsobbeen fishing whitney and chambers for 20 years with multiple boats. so why now is it causing a problem. I see in your post history that you consider yourself as a guide... do you stop your trip before limits???? I have marked mega schools in multiple spots the last few days. you may just rethink your strategy. due to the huge amount of shad in the lake the fish are acting like winter. not relating to structure, and hauling tail chasing bait..... also it is the dog days of summer.... if you think the striper are gone show up in November on a cloudy day.... you will see plenty. also I have dates available If you would like to book a trip.

also if you could book 4 boats 7 days a week... I bet you would be ok with it then.

Just fish next to the four boats! They know where the fish are and should be easy to spot...

Could’ve been the White Guys?

Don The Angler, nobody said anything about the guide breaking any rules or laws. Why would you even say that?

so TPWD should be monitoring guides to ensure that they don't do things that don't violate laws? Am I getting this right?