Fished Poverty Point on Monday and caught a bunch of what we think were white bass. They were all in the 3lb range and we kept two to try. Fried them up tonight and they were pretty tasty. Was our ID correct, are these white bass?Attachment 292042
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Fished Poverty Point on Monday and caught a bunch of what we think were white bass. They were all in the 3lb range and we kept two to try. Fried them up tonight and they were pretty tasty. Was our ID correct, are these white bass?Attachment 292042
looks like ya'll made it down south glad you caught some fish. How about this 80 degree temp today.
thats is a white bass, some folks i think call em bar fish.... i never tried it but i dont think they freeze very well. been told they get real mushy
Freeze fine if you cut out the red bloodline. Fry up good.
It's not a bar fish. Bar fish have more of a yellow tint to them. Looks like a striper or hybird striper to me which I guess some people call white bass. Either way they do eat good and as D said, they will freeze just make sure to get the red meat off of them. Just my 2 cents.Quote:
Originally Posted by murdok
Hybrid Striper.
Hey, Shadow ! You and I usually are in agreement on most everything but in this case we who’ve to disagree. I’ll bet my bottom jig on a double rig that this is definitely a white bass or “barfish”. They DONT have any yellow tint. The fish most people call a striper or hybrid is actually a “yellow bass” which is a native Louisiana fish and seldom gets larger than one pound. However , I believe the state record was caught on D’Arbonne and weighs over two pounds. Both the striper and hybrid striper are non- native species and are stocked fish.:fish
The record striped bass (as they are actually called) is 81.88 lbs. Bar fish ARE yellow and called "Yellow bass" and rarely get to a pound. Stripers and hybrid are white colored and called white bass even though there are slight differences in them. White bass and barfish are totally different. Shadow is right.Quote:
Originally Posted by B&M BOBM
https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/o...identification
This might be one of those crappie vs. white perch things. In my area of North Louisiana this is a white bass. A bar fish is much smaller with razor sharp gill plates and needle sharp fins; and yes, it's more yellow in color.
To truly tell the difference between them you must look at the tongue to see if it has no tooth patch, one patch, or two patches.
Yellow bass or barfish in the south. In the second picture notice the inset "D", that is the tongue of the fish with no tooth patch on it. The yellow bass is usually around a pound, yellow in color has no tooth patch on it's tongue and has broken lines extending to it's tail.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ellow_Bass.gif
https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/o...bass.jpg/image
White bass or sometimes call barfish in some locals. In the second picture notice the inset "C", that is the tongue of the fish with 1 tooth patch on it. The white bass is light in color, a washed out look, usually one stripe reaching to the tail and it has 1 tooth patch on it's tongue, and if cut in a cross section it would be taller than wide.
https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish...mwhitebass.gif
https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/o...bass.jpg/image
The hybrid stripper which is a cross between a white bass and a true striped bass. As inset "C" shows, it also has 2 tooth patches on it's tongue and in cross section is taller than wide.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/image...BjGMBjGMD/2Q==
https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/o...iper.jpg/image
Stripped bass sometimes called a rockfish, which is a saltwater fish that has been stocked into certain impoundment and grow to a large size. In the second picture notice the inset "C", that is the tongue of the fish with 2 tooth patches on it. Although it has 2 patches on it's tongue like the hybrid the body shape is totally different. The stripped bass has a more rounder shape in cross section, somewhat like a black bass.
https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish...tripedbass.gif
https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/o...bass.jpg/image
That's all I know and hope it helps,
"gene"