Sunshine Bass

red owl

I don't know if the FWC still stocks "sunshine bass" (hybrids/wipers) but I had high hopes years ago. It seemed sort of like a win-win deal since they don't reproduce there wasn't the big environment trauma with invasive species.
Anyone still fish for them?

capt louie

St. Johns has plenty. This may show where they are stocked around the state.

http://myfwc.com/fishing/freshwater/stocking/

RealSeabee

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RealSeabee

RealSeabee

There are a few left over here in the SJR and they pull like Tractors...lot of fun

All caught from Feb - Apr 2014. I have caught one or two here and there since they ran with the Menhaden fri this season

red owl

I am going to display my ignorance but...some of those have really straight lines, if I caught some with no breaks in the lines I would think it a striper rather than a sunshine. How do you tell the difference?
And...thanks for that stocking site, I didn't realize they were still being stocked.

RealSeabee

we caught 80 total and of those I'd say 5 of them were stripers, the rest were Sunshines