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"
Attachment 292158Attachment 292157We figured it was a white bass based on this chart. We referenced the anal fin and the single stripe compared to my picture but the carcass was gone so we couldn't check the tongue. We're going back to Poverty Point tomorrow so we'll hopefully catch another one to verify that. Thanks for all the input.
Much better pictures spartannation, once you see a yellow, a white, a hybrid, and a stripped side by side it's easy to tell by the tongue together with the shape of the fish.
"gene"
The white bass on the point are record size too..pull hard and fun to catch...hoping i get in on some this weekend ..btw the point has plenty of yellow and white bass.
Good luck Bob.
“gene”
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sho am glad yawl got that figure out
You could’ve helped and made it more interesting I’m sure.
“gene”
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Guys, I'm several states away from ya but I'll cast my vote for a hybrid. The white bass we have in the Carolinas do not have the broken lines like the one in the picture, usually solid lines like a true striped bass. I've never looked at the tounge patches thoughAttachment 292236 Here's a decent picture of a white bass and a white perch about the same size. You can see the stripes on the white bass are solid lines. That is a pretty picture of a nice fish, even if we are unsure what it is.
Could of and should of but i gotta get some beauty sleep. Got a full day of catching tomorrow. ;)
And to add to the confusion, the White Perch (on left side) isn't a perch at all. His closest kin is the Striped Bass. Not surprising because his habits mirror that of the Striped Bass.Quote:
Originally Posted by bearclaw
JR good luck fishing. I might have to go north to find fish. Seems like everyone from up north is fishing down here.
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Thats a white bass. Good to eat fish and fun to catch. They fight like a alligator.
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Went to Poverty Point again today and caught close to 30 white bass, all 15"-18". Kept 10 for eatin' and released the rest.
I waited to voice my opinion, but I think based on the pics sparton put with the picture that is a hybrid. That was my first inclination. Look at the fins on top. Count the spines in the front fin and compare the shape of the back fin. Have caught some in the past. Lot of fun, hit a rattle trap with a slam. A lot like eating red fish.
They are fun to catch, last fall I was on them. They would surround the shad and push them to surface, then cast into the boil and you had a fish. I think this is one of my favorite ways to fish, it is exciting watching the water boil up and shad jumping.
This is what I was casting
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/Bass...er-Blade-Lures
We caught a bunch more on Friday. Did a tongue check and that plus the forked tail, single stripe and anal fin have me 99.9% sure they are white bass. Thanks for all of the input.
That is a hybrid striped bass. We catch white bass, stripped bass, and hybrids here. I recognized it immediately. It looks exactly like the last picture. Notice that there are multiple clear stripes that go all the way to the tail, not just one. Notice how the lines below the midline are clear, but interrupted and staggered, exactly like the hybrid in the picture. On the white bass the lines below the midline are straight and very much lighter.
how come David Freeman hasn't give an opinion on this fish ID:):):)??long time no see bud...
I see what you mean with the staggered lines. Looks like a hybrid. I noticed that the tail is different. Hybrids have a flat tail, white bass have a forked tail. Also, the tongue was the "U" shape like the white bass. Either way, we only kept 5 each so we would be legal either way. Limit on white bass is 50, limit on hybrids is 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimist
HybridQuote:
Originally Posted by spartannation
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I'm so confused !!!!! make up my mind:dono:dono:dono as long as it tastes good. EAT IT
My money would be on a hybrid. but I guess we will never know without seeing the tooth patch.