Stob, how big is the creek? There used to be an annual run of white bass up into Hatchet creek in the spring, and I've heard of a few stripers being caught during that. You can also catch stripers at the first shoal on Hillabee creek on Lake Martin, but the season for that is long over.

I've never heard of stripers being way up a small creek this late in the year. I think it would indeed be a reason to be concerned about the red-eye in it. The smaller creeks only have so much available food anyway, and a 3 lb striper could eat all but the biggest red-eye. I wouldn't think that any study done on reservoir stripers would apply to a small creek.