bottle headed striper

[Swimmer]

Today I went to get a haircut in Hanson, Mass. at Don's Barber shop. As usual Don had his families most recent fishing pictures laying next to the cash register. In one his son Andy was holding up a striper that had a forehead much the same as a dolphin and it had two dorsal fins. This is absolute fact. The fish was trolled up close to shore in Ct. The rocks were only 300' that I could see in the picture. Unique, yes.


M.V.S.B. & B. Derby here I come.

[Saltheart]

I've seen bottle heads before but never two fins!. That's unique.

[Clammer]

same as Saltheart//////////////////////

[Bob Thomas]

Must be migrating from the Hudson River

I caught a bottlenosed Striper about 3 years ago on a charter. Captain had never seen one before....it actually looked more like a combination of a striper and bluefish. Weird.

[BasicPatrick]

Hey All,

The swollen forehead thing on a Striped Bass is commonly known as "Pugnosed"...It is not a pollution caused deformity as many will tell you but a genetic defect that happens rarely. More have been caught in the last few years as the larger year classes have arrived at our shores. At last years MV Derby I saw three pug nosed SB abd one pugnosed Bluefish.

that's my 2 cents
PAtrick

[Striper1]

This is one of two bass this year with that "pugnose"

So there is more of them.

[Saltheart]

I don't think thats what he means. What I've seen is distinctly rounded like a dolphin head.

[JohnR]

Good luck swimmer, wish I was there too, kiss an Albie for me will ya....

The pug nose looks more like an old bass with her dentures missin'