Hybird Striped

[Jeff Wingo]

Thought I would share this for those of you that might be Hybrid Stripe fans. Wife and I were at Blue Springs Lake in Missouri. Very small lake, we were letting the wind blow us down the bank while fishing.



Wife had a pole with a minnow and bobber dragging behind the boat - when all of a sudden she yells "I'm hung up". I start to turn the boat around and can hear the line spooling off her reel. I told her she had a fish. She handed me her pole.



I flipped the trolling motor to 5 turbo speed and start the chase. Ended up in the middle of the lake and the fish gave up. And I about had a heart attack when she get the fish in the net.



weighed in at 19 lbs 9 ounces. A little less than a 1lb shy of the Missouri State Record.

 

[Bob G.]

Very nice!!!

 

[Chris F.]

Very nice. We have those stocked in Kansas, I think the state record is around #23.



My biggest is a little over #13. Very strong agressive fish. Chris F.

 

[Scott Hammer TOXIC]

Great tablefare as well!!

 

[Brandon Heupel]

You sure thats a Hybrid ? From what I can see of it it looks like a full on Stripper.

 

[TOMMY RICH]

Well if that's a full on "Stripper" then, where's the tassles?:lol:

 

[Jeff Wingo]

Brandon - I thought the same thing when I pulled it out of the water. The Missouri Department of Conservation has looked at it and say that its a Hybrid. They said the lake that I was fishing in does not have any full stripers in it.

 

[Brandon Heupel]

Well in that case that's a dang nice fish.!!!!

 

[Brandon Heupel]

Good point TEE, I skipped out on spelling class I was out fishing.

 

[Donald Prater]

I think that they are looking at the three lower stripes. It sure is close to a striper in my book.

 

[Texas Transplant]

Hybrid's line's are typically 'broken'. Look at the images available on Google/Images for hybrid stripers.



What you are holding looks a lot like a regular striper. The 'hybrids' look more like a football.



Tex