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lil-red-hunter14 · Guest

We moved to a neighborhood with a 50+ acre lake that is 40 years old and private to people who don't live near it. Well, I always see huge fish blow up the top, BUT, they are in schools and I know largemouth bass don't usually do that! I have heard of white bass and have even caught a few small ones but yesterday, I caught 10 huge "white bass" in the 15-19 inch range! Is that size unreal for whites or do y'all think that those mght be striped bass or hybrids?

Skipper · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:47 am Post subject:

Hybrids are my guess...Adios

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FINS · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject:

We have caught plenty of 16-17 inch white bass. So its not unlikely to catch a 19in if the conditions are right id imagine. You can normally tell the difference between hybrid and whites. Hybrids look more like footballs with wide shoulders and usually have a big girth.

This fish blowing air i would bet are Carp. They do this in schools also. seen in first hand in a tank similiar to the one you mentioned

medic6 · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:22 pm Post subject:

I am with PF on this one. Every now and then you can get into a school of them on Lake Texoma 2-3lbs every cast. They don't stock hybrids that I know of. To have them you must have a breeding stock of stripers and sandies. There are few lakes in the US that sustain populations with out restocking.
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prairiedweller · Joined: 25 Jul 2010 Posts: 4

I live in North Texas and fish for Whites, Stripers, Hybrids almost exclusively, maybe this will help. A large Sandie and a small Hybrid are sometimes hard to tell apart.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/wbass_diagrams.phtml

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:44 am Post subject:

The double tooth patch is the best way to differentiate. I've caught hybrids that looked more like BIG whites, but the double tooth patch eliminated that thought. Wink

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lil-red-hunter14 · Guest

Thank yall so much but FINS... I dont think so because they are very agressive strikes. But who knows!!!