Astor / St. Johns river

Sunshine bass are a hybrid and they should have have broken stripes on the front half and straight lines on the rear half of the body. Lots of good info here.....

http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/pr...sunshine-bass/

I see where the Astor Chamber of Commerce is having their 1st ever Happy Crappie tournament, too bad they scheduled it the same day we will be at Dora for the slabtogether
http://astorchamber.com/2014crappies...20page%201.pdf

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Originally Posted by JCsHOOK

Sunshine Bass? I figured it was a striper, I see there are records for both fish, what is the main difference in them? JC

P.S. I'm going out early tomorrow and give it everything I got. I mite even put them on the endangered species list for you guys.

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Yeah its a sunshine. A striper doesnt have broken bars. If you look at your fish picture you will see the broken bars by the gills, the lines are not straight like they would be on a striper. This is a dead giveaway.

As speckanator mentioned above, they are also known as hybrids in other parts of the country, they are a cross between a striper and white bass I believe. Do not hold me to this information on the specifics but a true striper has perfect unbroken bars/lines. If there are any disformation of the bars its a hybrid of some sort

we have them up here in a few lakes- stocked by dnr and we call them wipers!

I'm back in Ohio once again, I had a good trip to the St. Johns river again. The best day I had fishing was last Thursday I think, the temp was in the low 50's with strong west winds. I was the only one trolling Woodruff that day (some what like Lake Erie conditions). I pulled 41 fish over 1Lb. 8 Oz. and 8 of them well over 2 Lb. Once again my Minn Kota I pilot trolling motor was the most valuable tool on the boat for those conditions.
I also had a great time at http://www.frontstreet-bait.com/ Bean and Mary have a great fish camp with the best location in all of Astor.

Just for the record most all fish were released to fight another day, I brought home 60 fish. JC

:cheers2Glad you had a great trip & caught some real nice fish !! Astor area is nice & one place I want to learn more about for fishing
but I just always seem to go right past it to Crescent:scratchhead I plan to make it there at least once this year.

Sounds like a good trip to me. FYI, I stayed at Frontstreet based on your recommendation last Fall. It's not a bad spot at all.