Willow Beach Striper Stomach Contents Reveal

[ihuntforfish]

FRESHWATER SHRIMP! Who would have ever thought? I smell a new lure coming out soon, the deps sideswimmer .005! Lol This fish was taken on a full size ghost trout color sebile, on a speedy troll between mm. 53 and mm. 54 at 5 am
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[Greg84]

How big were those shrimp? I didn't know there were even shrimp in the river. Also, you think they are green or the acid just made them that color?

Who wants to try it:
http://yo-zuri.com/Products/Crystal_3D_S...hrimp.html
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[StarsnStripers]

Ya I have seen that before but never that big. A lot of the smaller fish I've caught on the river were puking small crustaceans at the side of the boat and the cleaning station. I always figured they were baby craw dads or somthing. Still a shame they used to be full of trout and bluegill and an occasional carp.
Nice river fish man congrats!!!
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[ihuntforfish]

The strangest thing is their size, they're tiny. In the 3rd pic, you're seeing a couple of them on the tip of my fillet knife. You could fit 3 of them on a dime comfortably. And look closely--you'll see those tiny little snails that used to show up in the stomachs of the trout. I heard (and proposed) a lot of different theories of what the striper would end up foraging on, but this was never one of them
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[StarsnStripers]

striper are kinda like sharks.if its in the water its fair game and tasty. Ive seen em take baby ducks rite under the momma ducks nose.
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[playa702]

I agree with [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi?do=user_page;pg=user_profile_view.html;username=StarsnStripers"]StarsnStripers[/url], looks like they could be baby crawdad's but if they are shrimp I found this http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/Collectio...iesID=1207
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet...iesID=1207
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/ac...paludosus/
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/ac...paludosus/
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[ihuntforfish]

Those are the ones! Def not crawdads, if you hang out on the shores of willow at night with a flash light you'll see them scooting around all over the place--they actually raise them in the hatchery and drop them in different coves along the river, and also use them as food for the different stages of young razorback
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