When you say stripes are you talking about white bass…or stripers? On KY lake the term stripes means white bass. I’ve caught thousands of them out of KY lake….anywhere from 14-19 inches. Most of the time they will school in same year class. Have had days when 18 inch fish were the norm and then had days where 13-14 inch fish were the norm. White bass at the 14 inch mark is a good fish. White bass do have razor sharp gill plates. If you’re talking about stripers the largest I ever caught out of KY Lake was 30 pounds but there are much bigger in the lake. Had days where 10 pounders were the norm….and they also have sharp gill plates. Hybrids are a cross between a white bass and a striper….caught many in the 5-10 pound range with an occasional fish in the 11-13 pound range.
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