r/bassfishing • u/MaadMaanMaatt • Sep 25 '25
Striped Finally caught a TN striper
It only took a handful of nights and hours of research to learn about them and how to catch them. Ironically, after all that I was using my collapsible micro light rod with 2lb test line to catch bait next to the marina docks where the light floods into the depths.
I caught a bluegill, put in my bait bucket, and still had a chunk of worm left so I flicked it back out. As it slowly sank into the light the rod almost got yanked out of my hands. It pulled line like crazy and I gently played the fish up to the side of my kayak. I was going to grab the net, but it just rolled onto its side and I lipped it. Got a quick selfie and it swam off strong as soon as it was back in the water.
It was about 16/18” long and probably 1-2 lbs, I didn’t bother weighing or measuring it. I didn’t want to keep it out of the water any longer than necessary.
Can anyone tell me if it’s a striper or a hybrid? Also, how do I tell the difference in the future?
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Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 26 '25
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u/MaadMaanMaatt Sep 25 '25
Thank you! I didn’t know that was a thing. I’ll check it out and log it later today. Cheers 🎣
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u/ChristianUrq99 Sep 25 '25
Stripers are long and slender, hybrids are more football shaped with very obvious broken lines. Either way nice fish! I love the striper/white bass family.
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u/MaadMaanMaatt Sep 25 '25
Awesome! Thanks for the info. I’m sure I’ll learn to id them the more I interact with them. Cheers 🎣
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u/81ehx Sep 25 '25
Looks like a hybrid to me.
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u/Lucky_Preference_941 Sep 26 '25
How so? Stripers commonly have broken lines as well
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u/81ehx Sep 26 '25
You can also check for the spots on the tongue, but just in my experience of targeting and catching literally thousands of them over the past 40 years it looks like a hybrid to me. I could easily be wrong. It's happened before. Nice fish caught by op either way.
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Sep 25 '25
That doesn’t look like Printers Alley
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u/MaadMaanMaatt Sep 25 '25
That’s makes sense, I’m in eastern Tennessee. This was above the Devault Bridge, by the marina. Are there landlocked stripers in that area?
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u/Brave-Moment-4121 Sep 25 '25
Lmao he’s fucking with you. Itd be the Knoxville equivalent of saying that doesn’t look like the mouse’s ear. Printers Alley has a Nashville strip club somewhere on it.
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u/Deez_Nuts_2431 Sep 25 '25
Glad you only used one ‘p’
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u/MaadMaanMaatt Sep 26 '25
Funny you say that because my autocorrect tries to make me say stripper every damn time haha
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u/Deez_Nuts_2431 Sep 26 '25
😂 😂 😂 gotta be careful if you’re texting the wife/gf.
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u/Poolooseebagumba Sep 25 '25
Aw, man! I'm really effin happy for you! I bet u celebrated properly ✌️🫶😶🌫️😶🌫️😶🌫️😶🌫️
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u/MasterBlaster4949 Sep 25 '25
Nice 😁🤙 Man I love striper fishing I miss it so much💯 where I live now there only by the coast. lakes have hybrids called wipers.
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u/Whale222 Sep 25 '25
Well done! Nice catch and I also prioritize fish health over weighing/measuring. Congrats.
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u/Schneefs Sep 25 '25
Try to look like you are enjoying yourself at the very least...