Spot the intruder

[R19]

There was a picture floating around about a month ago where someone thought a new state record white bass had been caught in Green River Lake. It weighed 11 pounds and had it been a white bass it would have shattered the state record by several pounds. I took one look at the broken lines thought nice 11 pound hybrid.

[Les Young]

Yep, know of several caught over the years when they're are none in cumberland .

[linedrager]

Just wonder if there are any white bass in Cumberland, they could hybridized naturally.

[Duayne]

Just wonder if there are any white bass in Cumberland, they could hybridized naturally.

There are some white bass in Cumberland. I think the few hybrids are a result of both cross spawning and some mixups at the hatchery. I lean more toward cross spawning as the classes are spread through several years. Its also important to note that Hybrids are not recognized in Cumberland and those caught must abide by the 22" striped bass regulations.

[Les Young]

Whites use to be thick in Cumberland back in the early 80's. We'd go in the evenings & catch therm in the jumps on the main lake or up in the backwaters pf creeks when the were running up them. Supposedly there were some striper stocked that had some kind of disease that they were immune to, but the whites weren't & it almost completely wiped them out. I know they were fun to catch & you could tie several doll flys on & a lot of time catch 2 or 3 at a time. I wish they were like that nowadays because it was fun catching them.

[luvtohunt]

We caught some whites in the spring and early summer way up in the Rockcastle River this year and a few on up the Cumberland from the mouth of Rockcastle trolling. When I was a kid in the late 80’s we used to catch them in jumps on top water boats near the mouth of Fishing creek in the summer. They would come up in jumps in what looked like a never ending line. Of course I was young so I’m sure it wasn’t as grand as that but there was darn sure a lot of fish jumping. Wasn’t anything to have 4 on at once with the folks and my brother all casting at the same time. It was fun!!!