Mack in N.C.
Senior Member
DID YOU KNOW?
They need at least 2 miles of oxygenated running water to hatch their eggs.
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2 miles?
2 miles aint gonna get it done. its close to 50 miles in lots of rivers and for sure over 30 in almost every river.
"The hatching time varies from 65 hours at 60 degrees F to 36 hours at 70 degrees F. According to Bulak (1988), if a striped bass spawned at 70 degrees F in a low rainfall year, approximately 36 miles of flowing water is necessary for the eggs to hatch."