[PhilipFreneau]

>>>We have stripers here at Lake of the Ozarks but nothing this big...<<<

The freshwater stripers are getting bigger. For many years the record stood at 55 pounds, caught in South Carolina near the area where they were originally land-locked during spawning back in the 1940’s. Now the world record is 67 1/2 pounds caught in San Luis, California.

http://www.striperspace.com/freshwater_stripers.html

My biggest freshwater striper was 34 pounds. But I hooked one that was at least 45 pounds that broke off near the bank. The record in that SC/GA lake (Lake Thurmond) is currently 55 pounds.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Missouri Department of Conservation stocks oceangoing striper bass in Lake of the Ozarks. They can be found all over the lake but the best place go catch them is Ha Ha Tonka Cove where a year round spring empties into the lake. Water in this cove is almost always 5 or 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the lake.