Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis
Family / Type
Bass
Habitat
Anadromous
Scientific Name
Morone saxatilis
Family
Moronidae
Order
Perciformes
Class
Actinopterygii
Edibility
Excellent
Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Also Known As
Stripped Bass
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Full Taxonomy
Animalia
› Chordata
› Actinopterygii
› Perciformes
› Moronidae
› Morone
› Morone saxatilis
Overview
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The body of the striped bass is elongate and slightly compressed. The head is a narrow, cone-shape, and the mouth is large. The color is greenish above, silvery on the sides, and white below. There are six to nine horizontal blackish stripes on the side. In southern California, the much smaller salema occasionally is mistaken for young striped bass; the salema, however, has orange-brown stripes and larger eyes than those of striped bass.
Identifying
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Top Fishing Locations
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Filter by State:
60 fishing locations where you can catch Striped Bass
Bay
🌊 Saltwater
British Columbia Outlook
🏞️ Freshwater
Capilano
🏞️ Freshwater
Chilliwack River:
🏞️ Freshwater
El Salto
🏞️ Freshwater
Quail Lake (Utah)
🏞️ Freshwater
Ray Roberts Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
Bankhead Reservoir
🏞️ Freshwater
AL
Choccolocco Creek
🏞️ Freshwater
Pell City, AL
Holt Reservoir
🏞️ Freshwater
AL
Arizona Fish Report
🏞️ Freshwater
AZ
C. C. Cragin Reservoir
🏞️ Freshwater
AZ
Colorado River - Community Park
🏞️ Freshwater
Bullhead City, AZ
Colorado River - Riviera
🏞️ Freshwater
AZ
Green Valley Lake AZ
🏞️ Freshwater
AZ
Lake Havasu
🏞️ Freshwater
Havasu City, AZ
Lake Pleasant
🏞️ Freshwater
New River, AZ
Lake Powell
🏞️ Freshwater
AZ
Dean River
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Fraser River
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Kokish
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Pit River (BC, Canada)
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Squamish
🏞️ Freshwater
BC
Alviso Slough
🌊 Saltwater
Alviso, CA
American River
🏞️ Freshwater
Sacramento, CA
Arrowhead Lake (Mammoth Lakes)
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Backcountry
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Berkeley Flats
🌊 Saltwater
Berkeley, CA
Bishop Trails Report
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Black Butte Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Blacks Beach
🌊 Saltwater
La Jolla, CA
Butte Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
California Aqueduct
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
California Delta
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Castaic Lagoon
🏞️ Freshwater
Castaic, CA
Castaic Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
Castaic, CA
Contra Loma Reservoir
🏞️ Freshwater
Antioch, CA
Crown Memorial Beach
🌊 Saltwater
Alameda, CA
Decker Island
🏞️ Freshwater
Rio Vista, CA
Discovery Bay
🏞️ Freshwater
Discovery Bay, CA
Doughty Cut
🏞️ Freshwater
Tracy, CA
Eagle Canyon Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Eastern Sierra Fishing Report
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Eastern Sierra Trail Report
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Edison Lake
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Feather River
🏞️ Freshwater
Oroville, CA
Frank's Tract SRA
🏞️ Freshwater
Bethel Island, CA
Gualala River
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Hollywood Beach
🌊 Saltwater
Oxnard, CA
Huntington Beach Pier
🌊 Saltwater
Huntington Beach, CA
Iron Gate Reservoir
🏞️ Freshwater
Hornbrook, CA
Kern River - Section 1
🏞️ Freshwater
Bakersfield, CA
Lake Skinner
🏞️ Freshwater
Temecula, CA
Malibu Coast
🌊 Saltwater
Malibu, CA
Mammoth Lakes Basin
🏞️ Freshwater
CA
Whoppers — Biggest Catches
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🥇
41.00 lbs
Gionavvi C.
Arizona Fish Report
Sep 6, 2013
🥈
35.00 lbs
chris king
Apr 3, 2015
🥉
30.00 lbs
Leo
New Huck Finn
Jul 11, 2004
#4
26.85 lbs
Gerald Lim
Diamond Valley Lake, Hemet, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#5
26.50 lbs
Anton Newmann
Lake Skinner, Temecula, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#6
25.00 lbs
Vern Galliher
Diamond Valley Lake, Hemet, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#7
25.00 lbs
Vern Galliher & Corey Harrison
Diamond Valley Lake, Hemet, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#8
24.00 lbs
Mac Weakly
Dixon Lake, Escondido, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#9
22.40 lbs
Larry Hanson
Lake Mohave, Cottonwood Cove, NV
Jun 14, 2020
#10
21.00 lbs
Red Schn
Lake Perris, Perris, CA
Nov 9, 2012
#11
20.09 lbs
Jesse Mena
Diamond Valley Lake, Hemet, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#12
20.00 lbs
San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
May 24, 2017
#13
20.00 lbs
Jim Bildstein
Happy Hooker
Jul 20, 2017
#14
18.02 lbs
Johhny Krall
Colorado River - Davis Dam, Davis Dam, NV
May 29, 2019
#15
18.00 lbs
Kenneth Lyon
Lake Skinner, Temecula, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#16
18.00 lbs
phuoc lam
Jul 30, 2015
#17
18.00 lbs
Rainier Bernal
Silverwood Lake, Cedarpines Park, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#18
17.50 lbs
Oscar Vargas
Lake Skinner, Temecula, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#19
17.28 lbs
Nate Dray
Diamond Valley Lake, Hemet, CA
Nov 30, -0001
#20
16.00 lbs
Eric Grandison
Happy Hooker
Jul 20, 2017
#21
15.00 lbs
Lucas Reed
Dec 31, 1969
#22
15.00 lbs
California Dawn
Apr 5, 2018
#23
15.00 lbs
San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA
Jun 1, 2016
#24
15.00 lbs
Kent Pimley
Apr 11, 2015
#25
14.48 lbs
Greg Magruder
Colorado River - Laughlin, Laughlin, NV
Jul 17, 2019
State & Agency Records
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8 official records on file for Striped Bass
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69 lbs. 9 oz.
James Bramlett Dora
Bankhead Reservoir, AL
Dec 31, 1969
Freshwater Angling
#2
68 lbs. 0 oz.
Beryl Bliss
Umpqua River, Roseburg, OR
Jan 1, 1973
Freshwater Angling
ODFW
#3
67 lbs. 8 oz.
Hank Ferguson
ONeil Forebay, Los Banos, CA
May 7, 1992
Freshwater Angling
CDFW
#4
63 lbs. 0 oz.
L: 49.0"
Allen S. Cole
Lake Mohave, Cottonwood Cove, NV
Mar 15, 2001
Freshwater Angling
NDOW
#5
54 lbs. 8 oz.
Jim Secor
Elephant Butte Lake, Elephant Butte, New Mexico
Dec 31, 1969
Freshwater Angling
NMGF
#6
48 lbs. 11 oz.
L: 45.0" · G: 31.3"
Travis T. Jenson
Lake Powell
Jan 1, 1991
Freshwater Angling
UT DWR
#7
29 lbs. 14 oz.
L: 45.3"
Bob Liddington Phoenix
Lake Pleasant, New River, AZ
Jul 13, 2010
Freshwater Angling
AZGF
#8
18 lbs. 5 oz.
L: 31.8"
Richard A. Knisley
Deer Creek Lake, Mount Sterling, OH
May 24, 2015
Freshwater Angling
ODNR