Striped bass exploitation in tailwater habitats of East-central Oklahoma

USGS researchers at the Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit are evaluating striped bass in the tailwaters of Tenkiller Lake and Lake Eufaula, Georgia. Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) is naturally anadromous, but a few land-locked populations have been documented that are self-sustaining, including fish in the Arkansas River, Oklahoma. This rare population is the source of brood stock for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation hatcheries and is an important sport fish stock. Abstract source: USFWS Coooperator Science Series.