Texan_Til_I_Die Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 I don't usually fish for these things, but my boss wanted to have a go at 'em. These are striped bass - sand bass hybrids. They typically get up to about 10 pounds max. I caught these on a sand hump that came up from 30+ feet to about 15 feet. I was making long casts with a Norman DD22 and fast cranking it to get it down to the bottom. The fish would only hit it when the bait was stirring up the sand on the bottom. We caught about 35 - 40 of them from 2 pounds up to 7 pounds in about 2.5 hours of fishing. The picture quality isn't great since we only had a camera phone. Here's a 4 pounder and a pic of the crankbait I was using. Here's a 5 pounder. And this is the biggest one that we got a picture of. It went just over 7 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 very cool, we call them wipers around here, hybrid b/w white bass and striped bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 great pics, we got cooling lakes around here when they open up in early spring when the waters are still cool, the hybrid fishing is amazing, its not uncommon to catch 50 of them in just a few hours ranging anywere from 1/2lb to 10lbs, and a really nice one from time to time, they are a blast to catch we catch em on cranks, shadraps, and rattletraps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Looks like a lot of fun bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Thats looks like some great fun fishing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Nice! We have been killing them around here. Or at least we were before the stinking rain started in full force. We have been catching roughly 50-100 a night (mixed with Sandbass, whitebass for you northern folk). When they spawn, they are a BLAST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 That's awesome! We don't have those fish up here, sure wish we did! I know the smallies hit like that some days, almost every cast you get a fish! Congrats on the fish Texan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountaineer Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 That sounds like an awesome time! Those things put up a great fight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 That sounds like an awesome time! Those things put up a great fight! Yes they do! They are awesome aggressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 lookin' at those hybrids make me hungry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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