Since white bass often feed near the surface, be sure to keep lures and bait off bottom. Hybrid Bass Hybrid bass are a cross between striped bass and white bass. They were originally developed to provide large sportfish that have the fighting quality of striped bass and feed on open water prey fish. Hybrid bass are stocked in waters with large populations of forage fishes and do not appear to compete with sunfishes or black bass. Whitney Point Reservoir in Broome County, Swinging Bridge Reservoir in Sullivan County, and Fort Pond in Suffolk County.
Hybrid bass are similar in appearance to both parents.
They have two patches of teeth on their tongues like striped bass, but are deep-bodied like white bass. The dark stripes found on hybrid bass are usually broken into short dashes. Hybrid bass are most often produced from a female striped bass and a male white bass. The young grow well in the hatchery and are usually stocked in the fall as fingerlings. Hybrid bass are fast growers.