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MIA Hybrid Stripers
After a bad flood a couple years ago I thought I had lost the 100+ HSB I put in my pond. Finally I caught one, so at least one of them didn't wash over the emergency spillway that turned into a river. They were about 4" long when stocked. This explains why all my smaller golden shiners are gone.
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Hi Swamp - that's a very healthy looking fish - congrats!
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That nice fish looks like is has eaten lots of golden shiners. HSB usually 'hang out' in a lose school. If you feed them pellets in fairly shallow clear water you should be able to estimate how many you still have remaining. You might want to add a few if the number is low and you still have forage for them to eat.
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Very nice!
What did you catch this HSB on?
How much did it weigh?
Did you throw it back in your pond?
Fishing has never been about the fish....
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If I had to guess on weight I'd say four pounds or so. I caught it on a #2 Mepps silver spinner and I threw it back.
�That boy, I say, that boy's about as sharp as a bowling ball� 
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Crimp the barbs on those trebles!
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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If I put those in my pond (I dearly wish to!) I would have no perch in short order, or Crappie, or... wait. Maybe I should pick a couple up!
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