May seem like a no brainer to some of y'all. But traditionally we don't have white bass runs in the Cape Fear. This was caught at L&D #1 in Riegelwood. Caught all the usual morones; white perch and stripers. Threw this guy in the cooler thinking it was a big white perch, didn't notice the stripes till I went to clean them. Only one stripe extends to tail, manually raising front dorsal did not cause second dorsal to raise... so is this a white bass? Never heard of them making runs up the Cape Fear, but a friend with CFRW told me that hybrids and whites have been sporadically reported in the Cape Fear ever since hurricane Florence. Unfortunately I did not do the tooth patch test, didn't know about it until it was too late. What do you guys think?




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