Tell me the difference in these fish please

[bama jim]

How can I tell the difference between a stripper and a hybrid? Must have
caught 40 last weekend and threw them back because I could not
be sure of the difference and a stripper has to be 18 inches and I was told
no size limit on hybrids. Please tell me how to know the difference

[rangerR80]

Sunshines can often be distinguished by broken or irregular stripes on the front half of body and straight lines on the rear half of body. A mid-body break in line pattern occasionally occurs.

[ChampioNman]

Hybrid


Striped bass

[Bill2e]

where are you fishing? only the suwannee river has the restriction on size

20 Striped bass, white bass , and sunshine bass (individually or in total), of which only 6 may be 24 inches or longer in total length.

• In the Suwannee River, areas north and west of the Suwannee River, and in any tributary, creek or stream of the Suwannee River: the bag limit for striped bass is 3, each of which must be at least 18 inches in total length (20 fish combined bag limit)(See map below).

[bama jim]

I fish in the Panhandle. Escambia, black water, and yellow rivers.
i get zones mixed up I guess, I thought they all had to be 18 inches.

[Ladr6]

Broken lines and the dip in the head o the hybrids.