stripers
Popular game fish
Stripers is the common name for striped bass, a popular game fish with distinctive dark horizontal stripes along its silvery body.
Found along the Atlantic coast and introduced to inland waters, they're prized by sport fishermen: The stripers are running in the bay this week.
Also called striped bass or rockfish regionally.
Deep pitch or fish
- rockfishStone-habitat marine swimmer
- schoolingFormal education received
- migrationMovement to new territory
- anadromousMigrating upstream to breed
spawning · predator · scales · fins · gills · freshwater · saltwater · estuary
Pursuing a popular gamefish
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- live baitLiving creature attracting fish
- luresAttracts or fishing decoys
- bucktailDeer-hair fishing lure
plug · topwater · chunking · eeling · surfcasting · baitcasting · monofilament · tackle
bass
Deep pitch or fish
- rockfishStone-habitat marine swimmer
- schoolingFormal education received
- migrationMovement to new territory
anadromous · spawning · predator · scales · fins · gills · freshwater · saltwater · estuary · Chesapeake
bass fishing
Pursuing a popular gamefish
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- live baitLiving creature attracting fish
- luresAttracts or fishing decoys
bucktail · plug · topwater · chunking · eeling · surfcasting · baitcasting · monofilament · tackle · fly-fishing
striperslargemouth bass
Wide-mouthed freshwater game fish
smallmouth bass · black bass · pond fish · trout · bluegill
striperstrash fish
Commercially undesirable catch
rough fish · carp · suckers · bycatch · throwbacks
- earning one's stripesAchieving recognition through effort
- tiger stripesParallel dark bands on pelage
- zebra stripesAlternating dark-light bands
- earn one's stripesProve worth through experience
- earned one's stripesGained status through effort
- striped shirtGarment with alternating color bands