Did I catch a monster white bass?

[Burton]

Or is this a hybrid? Sometimes I'm not paying attention, but this fish looked different from the other fish we were catching.

Thinking it could potentially be a white bass, I did an estimate on the length based on my hand.

I think this fish was 24-25 inches based on that math.

What do you think?

 

[hopper]

I'm no expert but looks like a hybrid.
I'm going by the broken lines, but may be the lighting or picture.

 

[tr21]

looks more like a striper to me. but hard to see the lines with the reflection of flash !

 

[Burton]

I'm no expert but looks like a hybrid

Probably so. The mouth and the shape of the fish just wasn't the same as a lot of the other fish we were catching I assumed to be hybrids. I just saw that the white bass generally only have 1 line going all the way to the tail and this one has lines that favor a hybrid.

 

[Burton]

looks more like a striper to me. but hard to see the lines with the reflection of flash !

Stripers are more rare for us to catch out here, and they are always thinner / more slender than the hybrids

 

[hopper]

Probably so. The mouth and the shape of the fish just wasn't the same as a lot of the other fish we were catching I assumed to be hybrids. I just saw that the white bass generally only have 1 line going all the way to the tail and this one has lines that favor a hybrid.

Correct on the multiple lines hitting the tail. I just read that myself. Definitely good to know. Nice fish.

 

[Nicodemus]

Colored up and shaped like a hybrid bass.

 

[tr21]

I'm pretty dang sure thats either a striper or a hybrid but it's hard to tell not being able to see the lateral lines because of the shine.

 

[Burton]

I'm pretty dang sure thats either a striper or a hybrid but it's hard to tell not being able to see the lateral lines because of the shine.

Here's a striper, a little larger than the first fish I posted.

 

[specialk]

@Dustin Pate would know....

 

[Raylander]

I’m saying hybrid

 

[ryork]

Hybrid

 

[Dustin Pate]

@Dustin Pate would know....

100% a hybrid and a very good one at that!

 

[Wire Nut]

Big hyb

 

[NCHillbilly]

Looks like a hybrid. Check the tooth patches on the tongue.

 

[Redbow]

I would say hybrid also, I have never seen a WB that big.

 

[little rascal]

It's a Hybrid. More than one line goes all the way to the tail.
Whitebass have only one line to the tail, the other lines fade out before the tail. Whitebass generally have more faded lines below the lateral line.

 

[Fisherman001]

Stripers are more rare for us to catch out here, and they are always thinner / more slender than the hybrids

What did you use for bait/lures?

 

[little rascal]

used to catch some hefty white bass on Weiss when the the schools came up.
one cast a nice spot , next cast a nice white, next cast a nice channel cat.
Yes catfish will school and love small shad better than you stink baits!!!