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Striper presence a mystery
June 27, 2002
By DAVE STREGE, The Orange County Register
Lake Elsinore, making headway as a legitimate fishing destination, produced a catch Tuesday that is hard to believe: An angler landed a 24-pound striped bass.
Funny, but Lake Elsinore has never stocked stripers nor is it connected to the state water project that routinely carries stripers to lakes in Southern California.
Another striper was discovered in April.
A commercial fisherman hired to remove the huge carp population from the lake, found a 10-pound-plus striper in his net, becoming the first striper sighting.
The only way the stripers could have been introduced into the lake -- other than illegally planted by anglers -- would be from nearby Canyon Lake.
In 1997, Canyon Lake received a load of water from the Colorado River, which has striped bass.
In 1998, Canyon Lake overflowed into Elsinore, presumably bringing the stripers with the water.
"That's what I suspect," lake manager Pat Kilroy said.
The angler, Delbert Robinson Jr., caught the fish from a boat in front of the jetty at the campgrounds.
Presumably fishing for catfish, Robinson used mackerel and 4-pound-test line.
The City of Lake Elsinore, thanks to a $16 million water bond, has been cleaning up the lake, and started stocking trout in the winter months a few years ago.
Besides catfish and trout, the lake has largemouth bass, crappie and carp.
And now stripers.
"This gives a wonderful glimpse of the potential Lake Elsinore has when we can maintain oxygen levels," Kilroy said.
June 27, 2002
By DAVE STREGE, The Orange County Register
Lake Elsinore, making headway as a legitimate fishing destination, produced a catch Tuesday that is hard to believe: An angler landed a 24-pound striped bass.
Funny, but Lake Elsinore has never stocked stripers nor is it connected to the state water project that routinely carries stripers to lakes in Southern California.
Another striper was discovered in April.
A commercial fisherman hired to remove the huge carp population from the lake, found a 10-pound-plus striper in his net, becoming the first striper sighting.
The only way the stripers could have been introduced into the lake -- other than illegally planted by anglers -- would be from nearby Canyon Lake.
In 1997, Canyon Lake received a load of water from the Colorado River, which has striped bass.
In 1998, Canyon Lake overflowed into Elsinore, presumably bringing the stripers with the water.
"That's what I suspect," lake manager Pat Kilroy said.
The angler, Delbert Robinson Jr., caught the fish from a boat in front of the jetty at the campgrounds.
Presumably fishing for catfish, Robinson used mackerel and 4-pound-test line.
The City of Lake Elsinore, thanks to a $16 million water bond, has been cleaning up the lake, and started stocking trout in the winter months a few years ago.
Besides catfish and trout, the lake has largemouth bass, crappie and carp.
And now stripers.
"This gives a wonderful glimpse of the potential Lake Elsinore has when we can maintain oxygen levels," Kilroy said.
