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Shhaaaaark!!!!
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A what?????????

YouTube - ‪Jaws - "It's a tiger shark"‬‏ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZJ83cPTzWs)

Got this one this morning at a UDL in the Canal--destroyed a 3 oz CCT pencil popper. Freaking bass are mutating. :shocked::err:

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That's a Pomatomus saxatilis frankin-fish.

Blue-bass hybrid. Will grow to 100lbs. and tolerate water temps from 40 - 80F.

NMFS is stocking them to fill the niche soon to be vacated by the striped bass.

Really, what the hell is that thing!

Really, what the hell is that thing!

Tiger fish.

100% striped bass from Narragansett Bay!

I guess lipping them is out! :)

That would make you think twice on a dark night even after you made sure it was'nt a blue.
I know I've had those times fishing alone when I just waded in, because..........

I caught a big blue a couple of years ago that had a gill plate like a bass and stripes like a bass. Intermingling of the species is scientifically impossible from what I understand but it made me wonder. Crushed a needle and kind of through me for a loop at the time. That is pretty wild looking though.

I caught a big blue a couple of years ago that had a gill plate like a bass and stripes like a bass. Intermingling of the species is scientifically impossible from what I understand but it made me wonder. Crushed a needle and kind of through me for a loop at the time. That is pretty wild looking though.

It is impossible. Not only are they a different genus, but their spawning areas don't overlap. Bluefish are pelagic and spawn offshore. Bass are anadromous and spawn in fresh water/brackish rivers.

Tiger fish are native to Africa.

If you look close it is just the ripple in the water playing games with your eyes!

If you look close it is just the ripple in the water playing games with your eyes!


Exactly,,,

Did somebody say Ripple?

As Fred Sanford would say "Ripple, the national wine of Watts"

Sgt Striper, you spotted the cause and effect...amazing how toothy those ripple alterations are.
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Sgt Striper, you spotted the cause and effect...amazing how toothy those ripple alterations are.
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So Mike, what did I win? :)

I caught a big blue a couple of years ago that had a gill plate like a bass and stripes like a bass. Intermingling of the species is scientifically impossible from what I understand but it made me wonder. Crushed a needle and kind of through me for a loop at the time. That is pretty wild looking though.

I remember that photo of that fish mark!!! Was very cool looking.
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Mike, I'm going to have to be a lot more careful pulling bass into my kayak!!!!