Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Hybrid Strippers, Moss, and Flathead Minnows

I got nothing.


I just thought this would be a funny title for a thread.

Isn't this a picture of a Flathead Minnow?

You stole my best fish pic ! --

What an awesome species !

The small black ones in the picture. Ok, so they are not minnows. But they are about the size of minnows and they have pretty flat heads.

Would you like for me to send you some for your pond? I'll throw in the GSF for good measure.

The hybrid strippers I have not ran across, and if I did, my wife probably would not want me taking pictures.

This photo sure turns up a lot.....after the years I have invested in HBG, and all the hundreds of photos I've taken, I'm still looking for one like it.

However....I do have a folder entitled simply "freaks". I'm waiting for Yolk Sac's birthday to post pics from it though.

Sparkie, Bruce's title was "Flathead". Doesn't it look like it ran into a wall and has a flat face?

I was really hoping to find another picture of a different fish, but couldn't, so that one got elected.

Hybrid strippers will clean a bachelor party out of sushi pretty quickly, then leave abruptly. If Aqua Max is available, forget about it - will leave the cupboards bare.

Now I am anxious for Yolk to get older!

Rumor has it that large flatheads fished near moss with brass poles make really good hybrid stripper bait.

Well I'll be darned.

There actually is a flathead (chub) minnow. And there I thought I could pawn off some of my bullhead fry as flathead minnows to the unsuspecting.

Bruce had to know he was going to start some silliness with that title for a thread.

Hmmm! I'm not sure what to think about our family-friendly site when we start posting about "chubs" as they relate to "hybrid strippers" in the same posts and thread.

I'm pretty sure hybrid strippers won't eat chubs. They definitely prefer Aquamax 600.

Moss grows on trees.

Moss is a family that lives near me. Went to school with them and was baby sat by there mom..

I think the entire Moss family were strippers.

Does that make them hybrids made from hybrids.

Parents: Lichen Strippers X Mossy back Strippers

I'm curious as to what characteristics define a hybrid stripper, how they are created, and if they require any special management/handling techniques?

Are they very high maintenance?

White bass + striped bass I believe. But I know nothing else I don't even think we have them in Ontario. At least I've never seen them farmed or wild.

It was only a matter of time....

Hehehehe lol...



Hybrid strippers actually have flathead chubs in their bloodline

I guess there's a difference between hybred strippers and HSB? Thought you were talking about one in the same

This just keeps getting better.

Hybrid strippers are bred for speed and technique... Their in a league of there own an elite "CLUB" you could say..

Indeed. On the down side, they almost never reproduce, at least in ponds. There are, of course, some pondmeisters that are grateful for this; I wouldn't know, having resisted all of Sparkie's attempts to get me interested in hybrids of any classification, including hybrid strippers. It is also known that even when mixed with a healthy population of RES, hybrid strippers have no more intrinsic disease resistance than regular strippers, and have been found to be vectors of some pretty nasty surprises.

Thank goodness Yolk weighed in with some sound advice. I'm afraid I don't know my brass from my elbow where hybrid strippers are concerned.