Striper or Hybrid?

[Mean Morone]

It still looks like a striper to me. The tongue issue has me puzzled though.

[Duayne]

It still looks like a striper to me. The tongue issue has me puzzled though.

I agree. Female stripers will be deeper than normal leading up to spawn. The dorsal fins look pretty far apart. Too far apart to be a hybrid.

PS. I keep forgetting to check my Gizz box for those plugs. I should be into that box this weekend. Wish I had thought to pick up a few more of the purple huge pattern but it's too late now. I think I still have three or four.

[peter]

Here is a photo Stripernut sent me of a recent catch at Lake Cumberland. All were caught from the same school a week or two ago.