Stripers Spawing video from Upper Choptank River, MD...

[Roccus7]

 

[MOJOE]

morning roccus ,, its a thing of beauty ,,, thanks for sharing that,,, have a safe day,,,,,,,,,,, ><))):>
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[Capt13]

..... who would have ever thought they were into orgies!



Awesome video, thanks for posting !

 

[dsedy]

Great video and a beautiful landscape! So forgive me with this question; are those the males fertilizing the eggs or the females dropping the eggs, or both doing what they do at the same time?
Thanks for sharing Dom.

 

[Roccus7]

Great video and a beautiful landscape! So forgive me with this question; are those the males fertilizing the eggs or the females dropping the eggs, or both doing what they do at the same time?
Thanks for sharing Dom.

Not at all sure. If it was a mix of males and females I would assume there would be a significant size differential. Based on that assumption I'm GUESSING it's a pod of same sex fish, or it's a female and a bunch of large males.

My observations: the water is a little cloudy. Is that stirred up silt or milt? I don't know...

 

[Roccus7]

Great video and a beautiful landscape! So forgive me with this question; are those the males fertilizing the eggs or the females dropping the eggs, or both doing what they do at the same time?
Thanks for sharing Dom.

Not at all sure. If it was a mix of males and females I would assume there would be a significant size differential. Based on that assumption I'm GUESSING it's a pod of same sex fish, or it's a female and a bunch of large males.

My observations: the water is a little cloudy. Is that stirred up silt or milt? I don't know...

I just re-reviewed and I'm thinking it is a large group of females releasing eggs and scattering them with their tails. At 1:06 a couple of smaller fish briefly show up under the larger females, which I have to assume are males releasing milt into the water to fertilize the eggs. I've highlighted one below.

 

[BennyV]

Awesome video