Hybrid Striped Bass Fishing
Hybrid striped bass is one of the most popular gamefish in the U.S. With their aggressiveness and hard fighting once hooked, these bass will give you the fight of a lifetime.
Hybrid striped bass is a cross between the white bass and striped bass. The original cross breeding is between a female striped bass and a male white bass. The hybrid share all the same characteristic as their parent, but the hybrid are stronger and more aggressive. The hybrid striped bass have a horizontal black line across their body. Out of the three, the hybrid grows the quickest. In their first year, a hybrid can grow almost 12 inches in length. In the second year, they can grow past 15 inches making them legal to keep. No other type of fish can grow at this astounding rate.
Hybrid striped bass are found throughout the United States, but mostly in the southern states. They can withstand extreme temperature and low oxygen water level. For this reason, they are capable of thriving in ponds and other places where as their parents cannot. Along with the white bass, hybrid striped bass migrate upstream during the spawning season which usually takes place in April and May. They are attracted to flowing water. Tailwater areas below dams are good fishing locations when water is flowing through the turbines of the dam or spillway gates. Also, after heavy rains, around the mouths of creeks usually attract hybrids.
You can catch hybrids on different type of artificial baits. For area will slow current, imitation minnow baits and crankbaits are effective. In fast current, such as areas around dams, spoons and jigs are popular baits to use. For bait fisherman, the top bait to use is gizzard shad - five inch or larger. Other baits that are effective on hybrids also are insects and liver, but the best bait of all is the live gizzard shad.
The equipment to catch a hybrid should be a strong rod, but flexible enough to absorb the shock of the initial strike, and with at least a 12 pound test line. Hybrids are incredibly strong, hard-hitting fish that are known to destroy lures. For this reason, it is recommended to have a few lures on hand. The hybrids attack the lures with such great power and speed that the fish doesn’t hook it itself. To prevent this, sharpen every hooks on the lures.
Hybrid striped bass is an exciting fish to catch, especially when one is hooked. Not only are they fun to catch, they are also delicious to eat. Anyone can get on the action to catch these wondrous fish. During the spring season when they migrating upstream, fishing for them from the shores is possible. In fact, this is the time when most rivers and streams inhabit by hybrids will have the most angler fishing.
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