My Biggest White Bass Ever!!!

[bolivier]

Pretty excited about this one. Caught it today, Sunday. Around 3 o'clock on a blue/chrome red eye shad. Should have weighed it but I didn't. I'm guessing 3 lbs, i dunno. Is this a fairly good size white bass or do they get way bigger. Just really getting into all of this seriously. On to the pics...

[rockchalk06]

Not sure of the lake you were on, but Midwest City is not to far from me and the Hybrids get pretty good sized around here. Hefner, 2 years ago, had a huge growth of them. They would hit anything on the surface. My largest was just over 5 but most ranged around 2-3. They fight like a small mouth bass too. Its not a LM, but they are a blast to catch!

 

Nice catch!

[bolivier]

I was on Wes Watkins reservoir. Do you think it's a hybrid?

[bolivier]

Why did this get moved to the "other fish species" forum? Is this not a bass???

[Bluebasser86]

Why did this get moved to the "other fish species" forum? Is this not a bass???

It's actually a temperate bass while largemouth, smallmouth, and spots are in the sunfish family. 

 

Just looking at it that fish does look like a white bass more than a wiper to me but it's impossible to be 100% sure just by looking at them.

http://tnfish.org/PhotoGalleryFish_TWRA/FishPhotoGallery_TWRA/pages/TemperateBassKeyNegus_jpg.htm

[slonezp]

The difference is in the pattern of the stripes. On a white bass, the stripes run straight the entire length of the fish. On a wiper, the stripes are broken up. Yours appears to be a white bass. A couple pounds is a nice size fish and they're good eating IF you eat the backstraps only. After you filet them, cut off and discard the red meat and stomach meat. The hybrids by us get over 20lbs and they put up a helluva fight.    

[Grizzn N Bassin]

looks like a white bass to me nice catch!

[swagkid300]

never seen 1 that big i always catch like lil ones like 1/4 lb

[Tony L.]

As far as white bass go (not talking about stripers or hybrids), you'd be hard pressed to find one much bigger than that. AWESOME catch!

[Preytorien]

Great catch! Looks like a lot of fun.

[WRB]

Oklahoma state record White bass is 5 lbs 4 oz. a 3 lb White bass could easily be your lake record!

That's is a big white bass! Congratulations.

Tom

[Brian Needham]

Good one for sure......... I don't think the Arkansas state record is over 6 either.

 

I actually caught a few 1.5#ers and moved them to the golf course to try to grow them for a state record, LOL.(huge shad population at golf course)

[Jerry in SC]

It's a white...only one lateral line all the way to the tail.

I caught one about that same size on Lake Blackshear in Georgia over 40 years ago. I didn't realize what a monster it was until after it was cooked...

[bolivier]

Yeah guys it was a blast to catch. It's not a big lake where I caught it, so maybe some day I will catch it's bigger sibling...

[AK-Jax86]

Nice fish congrats

[Siebert Outdoors]

That is a nice White!  Congrats.

[Ratherbfishing]

That's a big sucker...er, I mean White Bass!!!!!!

[Bankbeater]

Nice bass!

[Nice_Bass]

Pretty excited about this one. Caught it today, Sunday. Around 3 o'clock on a blue/chrome red eye shad. Should have weighed it but I didn't. I'm guessing 3 lbs, i dunno. Is this a fairly good size white bass or do they get way bigger. Just really getting into all of this seriously. On to the pics...

yes- yours is a nice white bass! For comparison, one the left is striper, right is a wiper.

Easiest way to see yours is just a white bass is the stripe just below the lateral line will be complete and to the tail on both wipers and stripers, not white bass.  Nice fish!