Striped Bass stocking in Lake Ouachita started in 1956 when a forward thinking Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Biologist, Andrew Hulsey, Imported 27 Striped bass from North Carolina.
Lake Ouachita Striped Bass Articles by JAMES K. JOSLIN
Staff Writer - Arkansas Online / Arkansas Democrat - Gazette.
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The Striped bass that were stocked in 1956 had more to do with controlling the Gizzard Shad than sport fishing. If left uncontrolled, Gizzard shad would overpopulate and grow to sizes to large for most fish to eat. Since shad are filter feeders feeding mainly on zooplankton and if left left un-checked they inhabit the growth of other spices of fish found in the lake that rely on the zooplankton in their early life stages.
The resulting growth of Striped Bass fishing that have brought anglers from all over the world to pursue trophy stripers in Lake Ouachita was a pleasant surprise.
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