I guess I was wrong...

[Ken Jones]

when I wrote this article. The stripers are still around.

http://kenjonesfishing.com/2011/03/stripers-rest-in-peace/

 

[MisterT]

I've seen videos and posts of Striped bass being caught in SoCal. They are still a rare catch in SoCal though.

 

[SC McCarty]

I don't think the point is eliminating stripers, that is essentially impossible. Protecting them while all of our salmon populations and may other native species are endangered (for a variety of reasons) is irresponsible. While the native species populations were strong, they could handle the stress of striper predation, and they coexisted for a century. In their state, the predation makes recovery much more difficult.

Steve