I nave never caught a hybrid striped bass(wiper), and don't intend to unless they are better fighters than largemouth bass.
I nave never caught a hybrid striped bass(wiper), and don't intend to unless they are better fighters than largemouth bass.
Hybrid, and it ain't even close.
1997 STRATOS 285 PE EVINRUDE INTRUDER 175
Not even same ball park
2018 Phoenix 819 / 2018 Mercury 200 Pro XS
Guess those hybrids are beasts just like sandys (white bass).
Hybrid by about 10 to 1
it's official i've got a new species to target.
A hybrid will run circles around a white bass.
Okay.. oops sorry POLL: If a Walleye left Michigan on the 5:17 p.m. Southbound train and interbred with a Mississippi Mudcat en route to New Orleans, would it fight harder/longer than a Crayfish that just escaped a Backyard Boil or would a Maryland Blue Crab garnish the salad better?
I'm gonna go after them this weekend, they are called sunshine bass here
lol that made my day.
Holy heck 12-0, poor largemouth. Been spanked by a mudfish and now by some unntural hybrid that can't even breed.
just gave the largie a vote out of pity.
ok are hybrid stripers as good of fighters as pure stripers (very familliar with those). Talking about fish of the sane size here.
I fish for stripers and hybrids. Hybrid will outpull a striper of the same size every time. Hybrids are more aggressive and seem to have more endurance. I love to catch hybrids. When you hook a hybrid while fishing for stripers you can tell the difference pretty quick. Wish more were stocked around here. They tolerate hot water better than stripers. Stripers sometimes die off in late summer heat. Haven’t seen a summer kill of hybrids.Stripers and hybrids have ruined a lot of bass fishermen (me included). Good luck.
Thx for the info and thx for wishing me luck, have a good day.
wipers - #1 cause of tendonitis (especially if they are boiling and catching them with topwater baits)
what kind of topwater bait works best?
I fish for largemouths and smallmouths and occassionally catch striped bass on SML. The stripers are a blast to catch on bass tackle (I am typically using 10 lb. fluoro) and you have to be patient to land them but they don't jump so it's a bit of an apple to potatoes comparison. There is nothing like a smallmouth blasting 3 feet out of the water but no doubt, stripers are very strong with good endurance. And a 10 lb. striper will give the wife and I 4-5 meals.
2018 Ranger RT188 SC Black/115 hp Yamaha SHO 4-stroke; Garmin LVS34 - north
2018 Ranger RT188 DC Black/115 hp Merc Pro XS 4-stroke; Garmin LVS34 - south
14' Mirrorcraft tin boat (ancient) with a 9.9 Mercury 4-stroke, no electronics; catches fish anyway