Hybrid Striper "Spawn"

[SmallieFever]

I've heard these fish will go up river in reservoirs in an attempt to spawn even though they are sterile.  Can anyone tell me when in the spring this happens, or at what water temp?  Thanks!

[roadwarrior]

On the Tennessee River they move upriver

until stopped by a dam. Part of it is spawning,

part following the baitfish which are also moving

upstream to spawn.

Hybrids can't reproduce, they are sterile. Striper

spawn, but the eggs don't hatch supposedly. I

wonder where all those little fish come from?

:

[Hooligan]

You'll see hybrids that will still "go through the motions" much like white bass in riverine environments.  Here in NE, they'll run, often, with white bass.  They'll move with bait, but when they're moving into the river they're of another though process.

RW speaks truth of White Bass x Striped bass hybrids being sterile.

[rookiesmallmouther]

On the Tennessee River they move upriver

until stopped by a dam. Part of it is spawning,

part following the baitfish which are also moving

upstream to spawn.

Hybrids can't reproduce, they are sterile. Striper

spawn, but the eggs don't hatch supposedly. I

wonder where all those little fish come from?

:

eggs dont hatch????????????? they must? back when i was little i went to a lake called fox lake almost every weekend catching whitebass all day!!! so many!!!!! after 2 years of going there the water became alge covered and fishing became terrible...

on the St. Croix up northern MN at taylors falls there use to be so many whitebass! just dropping the lure in the water will land you one!!! now taylors falls is dead all bottom feeders now your lucky if you can land a whitebass or a few of them.... they moved south to oceola not too far away... over there is better for the whitebass fishing but im not sure if that will last but thats just weird if there eggs dont hatch!

[roadwarrior]

We are not talking about white bass.

Striper are a saltwater species that can

live in freshwater. A hybrid is a striper/

white bass blend. The hybrid is sterile.

[rookiesmallmouther]

We are not talking about white bass.

Striper are a saltwater species that can

live in freshwater. A hybrid is a striper/

white bass blend. The hybrid is sterile.

ohhhhhhh okay... would love to hook one of those tho as well they get huge! i always thaught those were the saltwater ones and cant live in freshwater

[seyone]

They can and do live in freshwater. The naturally  live in the ocean and spawn in fresh water.

[Rtifs]

Actually the hybrids are capable of reproducing or backcrossing with both parent species. However due to their hybrid nature their eggs are not really setup for success. So the chances of an F2 or backcross outside a hatchery are next to nil.

Stripers migrate into rivers (like salmon) to spawn. Their eggs are buoyant so they can tumble down the river until they hatch. This keeps them oxygenated until they hatch.

White Bass are similar but their eggs are adhesive and not buoyant. They attach to vegetation or rocks in rivers or windswept areas and the flow keeps them oxygenated until hatching.

The hybrid's eggs are not buoyant enough to tumble in the current like a striper, and are not adhesive enough to properly attach to rocks or vegetation. They sink to the bottom and become covered in sediment. This results in rapid suffocation.

Despite this, the states of Maryland and Virginia no longer stock hybrids in water with drainage access to the Chesapeake bay for fear that the hybrids will get out there and destroy the striper gene pool.

To answer your question I would try when the white bass spawn. Mid-March - late May; at water temperatures of 12-20 degrees C.

[Matt Fly]

The magic number in Texas for the Hybrid's to enter the creeks and rivers is low 50's with out mud, 55 seems to be the ticket for spawning even with heavy stain.

    Lake Twakonia has a dam, but no gates, when the lake is full pool, it spills over the Dam and creates massive currents in the old Sabine river channel.

      I know Catt and I are a good 3 hours away by road, and don't know the miles and turns the river takes through bends and stuff, but, no matter the temps, if we get current, in a day and half, 36 hrs, I can take a white storms swim bait and catch hybrid any time directly behind the dam.

    These hybrids come from Toledo Bend, 100's a miles away.

   There are two river stystem in Texas that STriper do successfully spawn in according to Parks and Wildlife.  One is the Red, and I think the other was the Brazos.

[unageo09]

One of the local creeks here that feed into the Tennessee River get alive with striper action in August. They are literally chasing schools of baitfish in the creeks. They explode on the water when they go after the fish. We usually try to catch some baitfish and then then use them to catch the striper. They don't really hit any artificial baits but every now and then you can catch one. My brother and friend caught a pair of 10 pounders one night. A guy that we use to see catching them said the biggest one he ever caught was around 20 pounds. Quick question, how can you tell some of the smaller hybrids from the bigger white bass?

[roadwarrior]

Striper are more compact and thicker. 4-5 lbs is a

huge white bass. It would be almost as wide as it

is long.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_bass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped_bass

8-)

[bassman31783]

No matter what, they are all fun to catch.

[timothy_spain]

No matter what, they are all fun to catch.

agreed