Thread: White bass?

We figured it was a white bass based on this chart. We referenced the anal fin and the single stripe compared to my picture but the carcass was gone so we couldn't check the tongue. We're going back to Poverty Point tomorrow so we'll hopefully catch another one to verify that. Thanks for all the input.

That is a hybrid striped bass. We catch white bass, stripped bass, and hybrids here. I recognized it immediately. It looks exactly like the last picture. Notice that there are multiple clear stripes that go all the way to the tail, not just one. Notice how the lines below the midline are clear, but interrupted and staggered, exactly like the hybrid in the picture. On the white bass the lines below the midline are straight and very much lighter.

Originally Posted by Kimist

That is a hybrid striped bass. We catch white bass, stripped bass, and hybrids here. I recognized it immediately. It looks exactly like the last picture. Notice that there are multiple clear stripes that go all the way to the tail, not just one. Notice how the lines below the midline are clear, but interrupted and staggered, exactly like the hybrid in the picture. On the white bass the lines below the midline are straight and very much lighter.

I see what you mean with the staggered lines. Looks like a hybrid. I noticed that the tail is different. Hybrids have a flat tail, white bass have a forked tail. Also, the tongue was the "U" shape like the white bass. Either way, we only kept 5 each so we would be legal either way. Limit on white bass is 50, limit on hybrids is 5.

Originally Posted by spartannation

I see what you mean with the staggered lines. Looks like a hybrid. I noticed that the tail is different. Hybrids have a flat tail, white bass have a forked tail. Also, the tongue was the "U" shape like the white bass. Either way, we only kept 5 each so we would be legal either way. Limit on white bass is 50, limit on hybrids is 5.

Hybrid

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Much better pictures spartannation, once you see a yellow, a white, a hybrid, and a stripped side by side it's easy to tell by the tongue together with the shape of the fish.
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The white bass on the point are record size too..pull hard and fun to catch...hoping i get in on some this weekend ..btw the point has plenty of yellow and white bass.

Good luck Bob.
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sho am glad yawl got that figure out

You could’ve helped and made it more interesting I’m sure.
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Guys, I'm several states away from ya but I'll cast my vote for a hybrid. The white bass we have in the Carolinas do not have the broken lines like the one in the picture, usually solid lines like a true striped bass. I've never looked at the tounge patches though Here's a decent picture of a white bass and a white perch about the same size. You can see the stripes on the white bass are solid lines. That is a pretty picture of a nice fish, even if we are unsure what it is.