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anybody have any experience with tiger muskie?
they are sterile like white bass/striper Striper Bass hybrids right? are they pretty much a management tool like wipers are around here. what types of water do they like and how big do they get?
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December 16th, 2010 at 2:39 am
STRIPED BASS (Morone saxatilis)Common Names – striper, rockfish, rock, linesides.Description – The striper is the largest member of the temperate bass family. Body coloration is olive-green to blue-gray on the back with silvery to brassy sides and white on the belly. It is easily recognized by the seven or eight prominent black uninterrupted horizontal stripes along the sides. The stripes are often interrupted or broken and are usually absent on young fish of less than six inches. The striper is longer and sleeker and has a larger head than its close and similar looking relative, the white bass, which rarely exceeds three pounds.Subspecies – There are no recognized subspecies.Range – The striper on the Atlantic Coast has a range from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, N.Y. to the St. Johns River in northern Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from western Florida to Louisiana.Habitat – All Florida populations of striped bass are river dwellers rather than anadromous (normally living in salt or brackish waters, but entering freshwater streams to spawn). The species has been widely introduced in numerous lakes, rivers and impoundments throughout the world. Stripers prefer relatively clear water with a good supply of open-water baitfish. Their preferred water temperature range is 65 to 70 degrees.Spawning Habits – Spawns in March, April and May when water temperatures reach 60 to 68 degrees. Stripers are river spawners that broadcast millions of eggs in the water currents without affording any protection or parental care. During spawning, seven or eight smaller males surround a single, large, female and bump her to swifter currents at the water surface. At ovulation, ripe eggs are discharged and scattered in the water as males release sperm. Fertilized eggs must be carried by river currents until hatching (about 48 hours) to avoid suffocation. Fry and fingerlings spend most of their time in lower rivers and estuaries. Because striped bass eggs must remain suspended in a current until hatching, impoundments are unsuitable for natural reproduction. Freshwater populations have been maintained by stocking fingerlings, and, despite initial difficulties in hatchery procedures for obtaining females with freely flowing eggs, a modern technique of inducing ovulation with the use of a hormone has been successful.Feeding Habits – Stripers are voracious feeders and consume any kind of small fish and a variety of invertebrates. Preferred foods for adults mainly consist of gizzard and threadfin shad, golden shiners and minnows. Younger fish prefer to feed on amphipods and mayflies. Very small stripers feed on zooplankton. Like other temperate bass, they move in schools, and all members of the school tend to feed at the same time. Heaviest feeding is in early morning and in evening, but they feed sporadically throughout the day, especially when skies are overcast. Feeding slows when water temperatures drop below 50 degrees but does not stop completely.Age and Growth – Stripers are fast-growing and long-lived and have reached weights of over 40 pounds in Florida. Sexual maturity occurs at about two years of age for male stripers and at four years of age for females. They can reach a size of 10 to 12 inches the first year.Sporting Quality – The striper tends to be an underrated trophy sport fish among many Florida anglers. However, for fishermen who have caught this species there is no disputing the striper is a superstar among freshwater fishes. Live shad and eels are excellent baits for catching big stripers. Other popular baits include white or yellow bucktail jigs, spoons, deep running crankbaits and a spinner with plastic worm rig. Popping plugs are best when stripers are schooling at the surface. As a sport fish, specific bag and size limit regulations apply, and you can register a qualifying catch as part of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission’s “Big Catch” program.Eating Quality – Stripers are excellent eating fish and may be prepared in may ways. Smaller fish are usually fried and larger ones are baked.World Record (landlocked) – 66 pounds, caught in O’Neill Forebay, California, in 1988.World Record – 78 pounds, 8 ounces, caught in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1982.State Record – 38 pounds, 9 ounces, caught in Lake Seminole, in 1979. (Please check link for updates) WHITE BASS (Morone chrysops)Common Names – stripe, silver bass, striper, sand bass, barfish.Description – The white bass looks similar to a shortened version of its larger relative, the striped bass. It is silvery-white overall with five to eight horizontal dusky black stripes along the sides. Stripes below the lateral line are faint and often broken in an irregular pattern. It differs most noticeably in being shorter and stockier with a smaller head, and the dorsal fins are set closer together. The white bass has a deep body, strongly arched behind head; deepest between dorsal fins.Subspecies – There are no recognized subspecies.Range – General boundaries are the St. Lawrence River in the east; Lake Winnipeg in the north; the Rio Grande in the west; and northwest Florida and Louisiana in the south. It has been stocked within and outside its natural range. In Florida, white bass are found primarily in the Apalachicola and Ochlockonee river systems; however, rare specimens have been located in the Escambia and Yellow rivers.Habitat – White bass are found in large lakes and streams connected to major river systems and in rivers with moderate current. They prefer clear water with a temperature range of 65 to 75 degrees. Man-made impoundments have greatly favored the white bass, but the species is one that can become overabundant and stunt.Spawning Habits – Male white bass migrate upstream in large schools to a dam or other barrier in early spring, followed shortly by schools of females. Spawning occurs in moving water over gravel shoals or a hard bottom. Large females may lay as many as half a million adhesive eggs that stick to rocks and gravel. If no water current is present white bass have been known to spawn on wind-swept sandy beaches. After spawning, they abandon their eggs and provide no parental care. Fry hatch in only two to three days.Feeding Habits – White bass are primarily piscivorous. Fry feed on zooplankton first and within a few weeks larger crustaceans and insects are eaten. Larger fish prefer to feed on minnows and thrive on open- water baitfish like gizzard and threadfin shad. Like the striper, white bass move in schools and feed most heavily around dawn or dusk.Age and Growth – Although white bass may live up to 10 years, few live beyond three to four years. Females grow slightly faster and probably live longer than males. The average size is one pound with fish over two pounds considered large. Sporting Quality – White bass are hard hitting, fierce fighting fish. Their aggressive nature combined with their schooling tendency make them one of the easiest fish to catch. Several tips to white bass anglers should include: use light tackle for maximum enjoyment; use flies, spinners, small plugs or minnows for bait; and locate feeding schools which usually occur toward evening in shallow areas. As a sport fish, specific bag and size limit regulations apply, and you can register a qualifying catch as part of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission’s “Big Catch” program.Eating Quality – The flesh is similar to that of the striped bass and may be prepared by frying, baking, broiling, or stewing.World Record – 6 pounds, 13 ounces, caught in Lake Orange, in Orange, Virginia, in 1989.State Record – 4 pounds, 11 ounces, caught in Apalachicola River, in 1982. (Please check link for updates) SUNSHINE BASS (M. chrysops x M. saxatilis)Common Names – Striped bass hybrid, wiper, whiterock, palmetto bassDescription – The sunshine bass is a hybrid produced by crossing a female white bass with a male striped bass. Sunshines closely resemble both striped bass and white bass making identification difficult, particularly for young fish. When comparing adult fish, the sunshine has a deep body and an arched back similar to the white bass. Sunshines can often be distinguished by broken or irregular stripes on the front half of body and straight lines on the rear half of body. A mid-body break in line pattern occasionally occurs.Subspecies – There are no recognized subspecies since the sunshine bass is an artificial hybrid. Some states including Florida produce a hybrid called palmetto bass which is a cross between a female striped bass with a male white bass.Range – Sunshines are stocked throughout Florida. The largest fish are from northwest Florida, but sunshine bass have produced fisheries as far south as Lake Osborne in West Palm Beach.Habitat – Sunshines appear to prefer areas within lakes and rivers similar to striped bass and white bass. Older sunshine bass require cooler water during summer months.Spawning Habits – Sunshines have not been shown to reproduce naturally in Florida; however, several recent studies have shown limited spawning in Arkansas, South Carolina and Texas. In Florida, they are hatchery-produced by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists and stocked in selected river and lakes. Sunshine bass were developed by the Commission with two goals in mind. The first was to control abundant gizzard shad populations in nutrient-rich lakes. The second goal was to create and maintain a new fishery that would supplement existing native species. The sunshines have served those functions in the Apalachicola River system, one of only a few northwest Florida rivers containing enough shad and thermal refuges to ensure optimal growth of sunshines. In most years since 1975, sunshine bass have been stocked in Lake Seminole and the Apalachicola River.Feeding Habits – Like stripers, sunshines are voracious feeders and consume any kind of small fish including threadfin and gizzard shad. Young fish also feed on mayflies and crustaceans. Sunshines also travel and feed in schools with peak activity in the early morning or evening.Age and Growth – Sunshines are probably best known for their rapid growth. They have attained weights of six to seven pounds by three years of age.Sporting Quality – As a sport fish, sunshines are known for their good fighting ability. Live threadfin or other small shad and shrimp are by far the most effective bait for sunshine bass. Artificial lures such as crankbaits, bucktail or feathered jigs, spinners and spoons also do well. Topwater lures also are effective when fish are schooling near the surface. Trolling with artificial lures often helps locate fish when surface feeding is slow. As a sport fish, specific bag and size limit regulations apply, and you can register a qualifying catch as part of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission’s “Big Catch” program.Eating Quality – Similar to striped and white bass.World Record- 24 pounds, 3 ounces, caught in Leesville Lake, Virginia, in 1989.State Record – 16 pounds, 5 ounces, caught in Lake Seminole, in 1985.
December 16th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Hey there,merry x-mas man!Here’s the deal,there is a population of stripers that stay year-round in most of the bays out along L.I.&the sound,I’ve caught fish this late in the season,but it’s work!Secluded tidal flats,mud banks,”powerplant runoff”(hint)look for these types of areas.Also the seasons over,no catch&fillet,OK?If you don’t have any luck out on the bays you could always go deer hunting,bag a deer&use the tail to tie your own lures for spring(hence bucktails)!If that’s not yuor speed,check out a book by John N. Cole,Striper,it’s my favorite ever!It’s out of print but you can get a used copy pretty cheap on amazon.com.A great way to kill a couple of snow days.Tight Lines back@ya
December 17th, 2010 at 3:18 am
I would use a plastic bait called a Paca Craw made by Netbait,. Get the baby Paca in the Alabama craw color. Use a 3/16 oz bullet weight and a 3-0 wide gap hook. Texas rig, with a glass bead between your sinker and knot. I would also use a 3/8 oz triple rattle back jig with a Zoom super chunk.Black and blue for the jig and blue flake for the chunk. You can also use a Bomber 7 A crankbait, in what I call a stoplight red craw pattern. When using the crankbait at night, do not use the usual stop and go retrieve, keep a steady retrieve so the big small mouth will home in on the rattle in the Bomber.. You will catch some super size Large mouths with these same baits at night on Cumberland as well. Have a great time.
December 17th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Hi Jackrabbit Slim!Yes, you’re right about the tiger musky being sterile. They’re a cross between Northern Pike and Muskellunge or Muskies. They have been used as a management tool to keep down the population of pan and rough fish. Tiger Muskie, like the Northern Pike, are primarily a cold water fish which is why people often go to Canada to fish for them seriously, but they’re all over the northern third of the U.S. Tiger Muskie hide in holes and along weed beds. They are an ambush predator which means they lay in wait for their meal to come along and then, in a short, powerful burst of speed catch their prey – usually sideways with their powerful teeth – and then take it away to turn and swallow it. Tiger Muskie can swallow prey up to 45% of their own length … impressive because the record was 52 1/4″ long and weighed 51 pounds and 3 ounces. The average size would be 20 – 30 inches.Tiger Muskie are also scavengers so you can fish with live (large minnows) or dead bait (any oily fish or a fish like smelt). They are so large that they protect their energy stores by eating fish along the bottom of the lake or river. Common ways to fish for Muskie or Pike are casting, trolling, back trolling and fly fishing. If you are going after Tiger Muskie, Muskie or Pike, take a big net, fishing gloves and a good pair of fishing pliers. Catching this fish is very exciting and they are extremely strong and put up a big fight! I’d suggest going with someone who’s fished for them before, but anyway you go, you’ll have a great time!
December 18th, 2010 at 2:41 am
that rod will work good for fishing the bays and inlets of jersey. you can use plugs like bombers, poppers or dannies. i would fish at night. fish are more active
December 18th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
There are some fish around, and one lucky guy caught a 50″ fish in the Canal about a week ago (his picture was in the paper). But the overall number of fish seemed down this year and last year — at least my friends and I have not caught as many fish as we did in previous years.Here’s how I like to fish for stripers on a tidal river in the Cape Cod area: http://www.ehow.com/how_5355819_catch-bass-drifting-bait-technique.html
December 19th, 2010 at 3:16 am
You can catch stripers from the deep water port in Stockton to the golden gate bridge. The rock wall off of San Quinten is good, as is the area around the SF airport. Try drifting live bullheads or anchovies and you may land a halibut or a leopard shark along with your striped bass. Both baits are readily available in the bay area.If you want to catch your own, rather than using a casting net for shad, which are real hard to come by in the bay area, try a small sabiki rig or snagging rig to catch herring or smelt.
December 19th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Actually, Suisun Bay is a very good place. There is also Three Mile Slough, get on 4 then take 160 up toward Rio Vista and turn right on Sherman Island Road, park anywhere. Then there is Rio Vista itself, fish under the bridge there. 5 miles further on 160 there is a public fishing pier in Isleton. You will see a parking lot with bathrooms right across from the post office, park there and walk the stairs to the water. Then a little further on 160 past Isleton, you will come to Tyler Island Road, turn right and follow it to the end, you will cross a bridge. Then turn right and follow that along, it winds and you will hit a patch of really rough road but just keep following it for about 4-5 miles, you will end up on top of the levee at the Georgiana Slough in the Mokolumne River. Take it easy.
December 20th, 2010 at 2:24 am
Milt Rosko wrote a good book titled “The Striped Bass Book” published by Burford Press.
December 20th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
For stripe they usually bite the bait kind of in the middle to the top part of the water.not sure about the sturgeonCats are primarily a bottom feeding fish because they stay near the bottom most of the time.Yes these fish can be caught year round.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:58 am
i like using a 4in to 5in bluegill. fish it on bottom, i like to beat it up a little or cut a couple fins and the tail off so it can’t swim so good. works really good.
December 21st, 2010 at 3:08 pm
You need to check out Lake Guntersville in Alabama. It’s got a lot of huge largemouth in it. Look at the weights from when the pros fished it. For more information you can call Waterfront bait and tackle at 1-256-582-6060. When I’ve been down there to fish tournaments they marked spots on my map and gave me tips on what the fish were hitting. It looks like a mini Bass Pro Shop in there. They also have a guide service and rent cabins. Cabins are also available at Guntersville state park. There are several boat ramps on the lake so usually no waiting to get in or out. The lake has lots of spotted bass too and giant crappie. I’m not sure about stripers but you can check the web for that. I’ve been there twice and it’s on my list of lakes to hit again.
December 22nd, 2010 at 3:15 am
Right smack in Sacramento. Between I-80 and I-5 on the Yolo side of the river.Google Bryte Beach, I did.
December 22nd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
live shad under floats buck tail spoons big mack or rapala which state ,??, live brim or small rough fish good open face fresh line weighted corks
December 23rd, 2010 at 3:10 am
the fall season hasn’t started yet. it will pick up end of sept to mid oct
December 23rd, 2010 at 2:42 pm
How delicious is striped bass? It’s pretty freakin’ delicious, especially when cooked properly. Here are some of my favorite recipes for cooking striped bass. Enjoy!Roasted Striped Bass1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs1/2 cup minced fresh parsley2 tablespoons minced fresh chives1 tbsp. minced fresh thyme2 tbsp. minced fresh basilsalt and pepper4 center-cut pieces of striped bass (each 1/2 pound and about 1 1/2 inches thick)2 tbsp. Olive oilPreheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, stir together the bread crumbs, herbs, and salt and pepper to taste. Place the fish pieces on waxed paper. With your hands, generously rub the oil on both sides of the fish. Sprinkle the bread crumb-herb mixture evenly on the fish, then pat it so that it adheres. Place the fish on a cake rack in a roasting pan. Roast until the fish just flakes, 10 to 15 minutes. To crisp the top, turn the oven to broil and place the fish under the broiler for about 2 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter and serve immediately. Note: This may be prepared 4 hours in advance through step 3 (except for preheating the oven) and refrigerated.Spanish Style Striped Bass2 lbs. Striped Bass fillets, trimmed and cut into serving size portions 2 tomatoes, medium size, thinly sliced 1/2 cup green pepper, chopped 1 cucumber, small, thinly sliced 1/2 cup onion, chopped 1 clove garlic minced 2 tbsp. Butter or margarine 2 tbsp. Parsley 1 tbsp. White wine 2 tbsp. Lemon juice 1/2 tsp. MarjoramPrepare striped bass fillets by cutting fillets in half removing the dark flesh along the dark lateral line that runs through the center of the fillet. Also remove any dark flesh on the side of the fillet that had the skin and along the belly area. Cut trimmed fillets into serving size portions and place in a greased baking dish. Arrange tomato and cucumber slices on top of the fish. In a saucepan, cook onion, green pepper and minced garlic in butter until onion is tender but not brown. Remove from heat and stir in parsley, wine, lemon juice and marjoram. Spoon sauce over the fish. Bake in an oven preheated to 375¡F for 20 to 25 minutes or until fish begins to flake easily with a fork.
December 24th, 2010 at 2:30 am
only white bass occure naturally in ohio, all hybrid stryped bass here are stocked by Ohio department of wildlife, which means they are used to being fed on the bottom, which is how they are raised, the biologist’s throw feed into the pools, and the fish feed off the bottom, use chicken livers, because the base of what they are fed is this at the pools, so when they are released in the lakes, they feed unnaturally, so use chicken livers, on a 1/0 hook, use pantie hose to hold it on well, and cast towards points from the shoreline.