Lake Stocking
One of LBCC’s first projects was to stock hybrid stripers in Lake Buchanan. Texas Parks and Wildlife had been stocking Stripers in Buchanan for years and found in the summer time a lack of feeding activity limited the catch rates during the hotter months. Other lakes TPWD had stocked hybrid stripers had shown better catch rates during those times. Unfortunately, all the available hybrid striper fingerlings and fry from Texas hatcheries had been secured for other stocking programs. With the agencies guidance and approval, LBCC has purchased hybrid stripe bass from Keo Fish Farms in Arkansas for the stocking program. There are two varieties of hybrid stripe bass, Palmetto, a cross between a female striped bass and a male white bass , and the Sunshine bass, a cross between the male striped bass and female white bass. Texas hatcheries produce the Palmetto variety and our supplier, Keo Fish Farms in Arkansas produce the Sunshine bass. The rod bending hybrids you will catch out of Buchanan are all the Sunshine variety. Each year, TPWD does studies on the population of the different species of fish in Buchanan and then advises and approves the number of hybrid stripe bass that can be stocked. Some years we have stocked a combination of fingerlings and fry and in 2015, only fry were stocked. In addition to the stocking program, with LBCC’s request and encouragement, TPWD has introduced the Florida black bass to improve black bass size at Buchanan as well as adding more channel catfish.
LBCC obtains funds for the hybrid stripe bass stocking program through yearly fund-raisers, grants, membership fees, and donations. LBCC invites you to participate in our fund-raisers, golf tournament, fish fry, and shotgun raffle to help us continue this program. We invite you to become a member of LBCC as yearly membership fees to LBCC is another beneficial source of income for the organization’s projects. Click here for membership form. Click here for donation form. As a 501(c)3 organization, all contributions are tax deductible.
LBCC obtains funds for the hybrid stripe bass stocking program through yearly fund-raisers, grants, membership fees, and donations. LBCC invites you to participate in our fund-raisers, golf tournament, fish fry, and shotgun raffle to help us continue this program. We invite you to become a member of LBCC as yearly membership fees to LBCC is another beneficial source of income for the organization’s projects. Click here for membership form. Click here for donation form. As a 501(c)3 organization, all contributions are tax deductible.