Hybrid? Striper?

[robc22]

these things are farmed and sold to fish markets up and down the east coast......wouldn't be surprised if one escaped alive......esp. around the mid-atlantic area.........

[Mike P]

Body looks too streamlined to be a hybrid. Those are usually football shaped.

Broken lines don't mean anything. It's just a genetic trait of some stripers, like freckles on humans.

[Raven]

they are in Rivers
many rivers lead to the sea

[Zeal]

Originally Posted by robc22

these things are farmed and sold to fish markets up and down the east coast......wouldn't be surprised if one escaped alive......esp. around the mid-atlantic area.........

2nd that, I've seen them in Asian supermarkets and they are a key item for sale. Though, knowing what a REAL striper tastes like, eating these are a disappointment since it just isn't the same.

[Clammer]

I,m with MikeP
usually they seldom have the [runner] look & always look like they had ten pogies for lunch .
also the ones I,ve seen up close & personal .have a smaller mouth & jaw structure / more like a XXL white perch , which are actually in the same family ;;;

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Clammer

I,m with MikeP
usually they seldom have the [runner] look & always look like they had ten pogies for lunch .
also the ones I,ve seen up close & personal .have a smaller mouth & jaw structure / more like a XXL white perch , which are actually in the same family ;;;

Yup--another name for them is "wipers" because they're a cross between a striped bass and a white bass. The tend to have more of a white bass mouth.