Bryce_Fishin24 Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Okay I know the difference between striped bass and hybrid stripers or wipers... I get that, but am I missing something here I haven't found really anything. I know solid and broken lines indicate the two but I've been noticing YouTube videos people catching hybrid stripers with the body of a white bass shape? Considering they're crossed I understand that. But here in California and the hybrid stripers I catch here don't have that body shape at all, they don't even look like they could be a hybrid but they are because of the broken up lines. Am I missing something here? Could it be region of where they're from that changes how they look? I don't get it Quote
Bryce_Fishin24 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Posted June 24, 2015 Maybe because as they grow older and bigger they tend to gain that shape and form? It's just out of curiosity. Thank you Quote
Chris S Posted June 24, 2015 Posted June 24, 2015 Post a pic, here is what the Hybrids/Wipes look like out in Kansas Quote
Super User Chris at Tech Posted June 24, 2015 Super User Posted June 24, 2015 Post a pic, here is what the Hybrids/Wipes look like out in KansasReally? Interesting...Those look like stripers to me.This is consistent with how I tell between them here in GA http://www.arkansasstripers.com/identification-white-bass-striped-bass-hybrid-bass.htm Quote
powerduster Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 Post a pic, here is what the Hybrids/Wipes look like out in Kansastthose are definitely stripers even with the broken lines. The shape is unmistakeable. Quote
Bryce_Fishin24 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Posted June 25, 2015 Post a pic, here is what the Hybrids/Wipes look like out in KansasHow do I post a picture from a phone? iPhone to be specific Quote
Bryce_Fishin24 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Posted June 25, 2015 This is from Google images, these are the ones I'm not familiar with Quote
Bryce_Fishin24 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Posted June 25, 2015 The ones we've caught here... Now maybe I'm not noticing they're the same and maybe because they're small? I've just never seen the ones posted above but all over YouTube I usually see that's how wipers look, could it be habitat and type of feeding or am I just not seeing the resemblance, but they do have different body types in my opinion and different attributes in some ways. Quote
powerduster Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 Bryce, those are not hybrids, but stripers. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 25, 2015 Global Moderator Posted June 25, 2015 tthose are definitely stripers even with the broken lines. The shape is unmistakeable. 100% not stripers. There's only 1 lake in Kansas with a fishable population of stripers, and the lake those came from isn't it. The shape is probably the best way of identifying the fish. Wipers are normally built more football shaped and thinner side to side, while stripers are more cylindrical, it's not a surefire way of IDing them either though. I've seen wipers with nearly solid stripes, and stripers with broken lines also. They both have 2 tooth patches towards the back of their tongues too. A wiper with nearly solid stripes and not as "tall" as they typically are. Again, 0% chance it's a striper. More typical shaped and striped wipers. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 25, 2015 Global Moderator Posted June 25, 2015 Bryce, those are not hybrids, but stripers. X2, those certainly appear to be small stripers, not wipers. Quote
Bryce_Fishin24 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Posted June 25, 2015 Bryce, those are not hybrids, but stripers. Okay so broken lines isn't always an indicator of hybrids? Quote
Bryce_Fishin24 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Posted June 25, 2015 I'm not a genius on fishing but from my understanding stripers can still have broken up lines? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 25, 2015 Global Moderator Posted June 25, 2015 Okay so broken lines isn't always an indicator of hybrids? I'm not a genius on fishing but from my understanding stripers can still have broken up lines? Correct, and wipers can have nearly solid lines. Quote
Bryce_Fishin24 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Posted June 25, 2015 Correct, and wipers can have nearly solid lines. Ohh okay okay I get you, I'm sorry man, I just thought from my understanding that broke. Lines always indicates hybrid.... But if that's so what makes a striper have broken lines as well? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted June 25, 2015 Global Moderator Posted June 25, 2015 Ohh okay okay I get you, I'm sorry man, I just thought from my understanding that broke. Lines always indicates hybrid.... But if that's so what makes a striper have broken lines as well? No idea what makes their lines broken instead of solid. If it were me, and I was planning on keeping fish from a body of water where both existed, I wouldn't keep a fish unless I was 100% certain what it was. So if you're fishing a body of water where you could catch either and the limits are different for the 2, you might not want to keep them unless the fish meets the requirement for either fish, or you're 100% sure what it is. 1 Quote
Bryce_Fishin24 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Posted June 25, 2015 No idea what makes their lines broken instead of solid. If it were me, and I was planning on keeping fish from a body of water where both existed, I wouldn't keep a fish unless I was 100% certain what it was. So if you're fishing a body of water where you could catch either and the limits are different for the 2, you might not want to keep them unless the fish meets the requirement for either fish, or you're 100% sure what it is. For sure! And thank you for helping me out with this, I guess all my time catching stripers were just stripers not hybrids. Thank you! Quote
Chris S Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 image.jpg The ones we've caught here... Now maybe I'm not noticing they're the same and maybe because they're small? I've just never seen the ones posted above but all over YouTube I usually see that's how wipers look, could it be habitat and type of feeding or am I just not seeing the resemblance, but they do have different body types in my opinion and different attributes in some ways. Those look like Stripers they catch in Lake Havasu Quote
Chris S Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 Really? Interesting...Those look like stripers to me. This is consistent with how I tell between them here in GA http://www.arkansasstripers.com/identification-white-bass-striped-bass-hybrid-bass.htm I know what the big girls look like, i use to live in Delaware and fish for them in Delaware Bay, Also Lake Lanier and Hartwell as a kid Quote
Chris S Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 Ohh okay okay I get you, I'm sorry man, I just thought from my understanding that broke. Lines always indicates hybrid.... But if that's so what makes a striper have broken lines as well? We bustem up pretty good out here in the fly over state LOL we have a few Lakes that are honey holes on spoons and lipless! Quote
Chris S Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 100% not stripers. There's only 1 lake in Kansas with a fishable population of stripers, and the lake those came from isn't it. The shape is probably the best way of identifying the fish. Wipers are normally built more football shaped and thinner side to side, while stripers are more cylindrical, it's not a surefire way of IDing them either though. I've seen wipers with nearly solid stripes, and stripers with broken lines also. They both have 2 tooth patches towards the back of their tongues too. A wiper with nearly solid stripes and not as "tall" as they typically are. Again, 0% chance it's a striper. More typical shaped and striped wipers. Some Blue Boat Action??? Quote
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