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[jigngrub]

 

[wagnerz]

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Looks like a smaller wiper.

 

[Cadwelder]

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Looks like a striped bass to me... catch alot of them here in Lake Wylie.

 

[jigngrub]

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Looks like a smaller wiper.

View attachment 122502 Looks like a striped bass to me... catch alot of them here in Lake Wylie.

Nope, but it is a Temperate Bass.

 

[jigngrub]

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Answer:

http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/bassstriped/yellow/

 

[ShadowB]

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I'd agree on the yellow Bass. Here in NC we distinguish them by their lines. Broken lines = yellow if the lines aren't broken = white. One in your picture has broken lines. Not sure but I believe yellow & white are both considered temperate.

 

[sschefer]

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One things for sure, it isn't native or heritage.

 

[jigngrub]

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I'd agree on the yellow Bass. Here in NC we distinguish them by their lines. Broken lines = yellow if the lines aren't broken = white. One in your picture has broken lines. Not sure but I believe yellow & white are both considered temperate.

Striped Bass, White Bass (and their hybrids), Yellow Bass, and White Perch are all Temperate Bass.

 

[Faztbullet]

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We call em "yellowbellys" here and rare to see on over 12" as most are 8-10"..
From the USACE:
http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/op/old/rec/fishing.htm

Yellow Bass - The yellow bass is often confused with the white bass, but if you look closely the belly will take on a yellow color. Yellow bass are often found in schools and may be caught using spoons, spinners, or live minnows. There is no creel or length limit on yellow bass.

 

[bassman284]

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Yellow bass are considered an invasive species in Iowa. They can take over a lake and pretty much destroy all other species by out-spawning and out-eating them. Iowa DNR tried overstocking predator species but basically found that no other fish likes to eat them.

When I opened this thread, I knew for sure of three Iowa lakes over the last 5 or 6 years that were drained and poisoned to get rid of yellow bass. Search found at least 5 more and 5 where yellows have been found and are being observed.

Nasty critters. They eat everything and nothing eats them.

 

[jigngrub]

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Everything that isn't a Trout or Walleye is considered an invasive species in Iowa!... they even consider Crappie an invasive species with no limits, catch as many as you want... just get them the hell out of here!!!

 

[bassman284]

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That used to be true, but starting in 2011 there is a daily limit of 25 for crappie, bluegill (brim to you guys) and pumpkinseed.

I read a report from 2003 at Lake Anita, about 600 acres, where they estimated populatios of 384 largemouth bass, about 1400 walleyes, 12,000 bluegills and 784,000 yellow bass. They drained it and rehabbed.

 

[wagnerz]

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Is the yellow bass a native fish species, or is a cross of different fish?

 

[bassman284]

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They are, in fact, a native species to the Mississipi River and tributaries and other river systems in the south and midwest.

They are only "invasive" to interior lakes where they can overpopulate to the extent that not only are other species pretty well wiped out, the yellow bass themselves are stunted. BTW, this phenomenon is not limited to Iowa.

For reasons that are not clear, this does NOT happen in every lake containing yellow bass. For example, Clear Lake in north central Iowa is a 3600 acre natural lake that has good yellow bass fishing and also maintains good walleye, yellow perch, crappie, etc. so go figure.

 

[jigngrub]

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They are only "invasive" to interior lakes where they can overpopulate to the extent that not only are other species pretty well wiped out, the yellow bass themselves are stunted. BTW, this phenomenon is not limited to Iowa.
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Nor is it limited to just Yellow Bass! A lot of species will do this, with Sunfish and White and Yellow Perch being some of the worst. It mainly occurs in clearer less fertile lakes that can't support a healthy population of fish to manage (eat) the fry after the hatch. I've seen this happen with Crappie and Largemouth Bass too.

Whenever I fish a body of water and find this problem I have a major culling by keeping all the stunted fish I catch, throwing them back in does nothing for the problem and only makes it worse. Catching stunted overpopulated fish is easy because it's usually one after the other every cast. I'll fish them until I don't catch easily, then leave them alone for a year or 2 and come back. The fish will be good size and healthy when I return. You have to be ruthless when you do this, but the results are amazing.

 

[willie377]

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stripe thats what we call them in north al. i catch them a lot while crappie fishing