Hybrid? Striper?

[Nolan Freeman]

This was caught in a lake im new to striper fishing as we just moved to virginia just was always told stripers have solid unbroken lines which later found out is not true at all this fish is 30 lbs 42 inches

[Jimmy Fee]

I've only seen one hybrid striper in saltwater, and it was near a small central jersey river where stripers and white perch both winter over and spawn in the spring in pretty good numbers. It's not out of the realm of possibility that a hybrid or two occurred naturally there.

Fish was about 18 inches long, built like a big white perch with broken stripes. The guy next to me got it on a bloodworm.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Nolan Freeman

This was caught in a lake im new to striper fishing as we just moved to virginia just was always told stripers have solid unbroken lines which later found out is not true at all this fish is 30 lbs 42 inches

Nice fish - welcome to S-B... Some of the NC stripers IIRC are more prone to broken lines and either more lines, more rays, or both.

[Clammer]

I don,t know if it still has . But we used to fish a small pond in Taunton or Lakeville that had stripers in it ::

I have caught a bunch of stripers with messed up lines running the sides ><><><

[Roger]

Originally Posted by Nolan Freeman

This was caught in a lake im new to striper fishing as we just moved to virginia just was always told stripers have solid unbroken lines which later found out is not true at all this fish is 30 lbs 42 inches

Nice bass. Definitely not a hybrid. Virginia stocks striped bass in Smith Mtn lake IIRC.

[basswipe]

Nope.Absolutely not a hybrid.Caught way to many out of Braunig Lake
to know that.