Quote Originally Posted by funfishers View Post
When we fish KY Lake we catch a lot of stripes, mostly very small in comparison to the large ones we see in you tube videos.
I know there are the quite large ones that are hybrids but my and I are curious as to how big the the ones as we catch can get?
We've caught many small ones but nothing I would call large tho some nice ones.
Also, are the stripes the ones with razor sharp gills?
We will be at KY Lake for a week starting Sept 27, just curious, getting excited about our trip.
Of course crappie will be on our mind.

Thanks

Alan
When you say stripes are you talking about white bass…or stripers? On KY lake the term stripes means white bass. I’ve caught thousands of them out of KY lake….anywhere from 14-19 inches. Most of the time they will school in same year class. Have had days when 18 inch fish were the norm and then had days where 13-14 inch fish were the norm. White bass at the 14 inch mark is a good fish. White bass do have razor sharp gill plates. If you’re talking about stripers the largest I ever caught out of KY Lake was 30 pounds but there are much bigger in the lake. Had days where 10 pounders were the norm….and they also have sharp gill plates. Hybrids are a cross between a white bass and a striper….caught many in the 5-10 pound range with an occasional fish in the 11-13 pound range.

Regards


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