Baby Stripers?

[Greg7]

The other night we were out in the metedeconk using a bait net to catch bait. Pulled up 4 or 5 little fish, about 4.5 inches long and nice and thick. They looked like tiny stripers. They had all the same lines running down the side of them.

[gagedylan]

last year while seine netting down by mystic island, i found what appears to be the same thing. i took a few to 6 different tackle shops, nobody had a clue

[catfish hunter]

white pearch and bass look alike at a young age

[gagedylan]

never seen them before....they just start showing up?

[Greg7]

first time I saw them as well.

[seanr8w]

Try Them.... could be like Veal of the Sea ... 

[IrishAyes]

Just be sure it is not a species that is size regulated. 

[Greg7]

Try Them.... could be like Veal of the Sea ... 

[wink_man]

The other night we were out in the metedeconk using a bait net to catch bait. Pulled up 4 or 5 little fish, about 4.5 inches long and nice and thick. They looked like tiny stripers. They had all the same lines running down the side of them.

They could be either baby stripers or white perch, that area is more brackish than salt, same as Kettle Creek area and both species tend to be in there. When seining in the Kettle Creek area in Augusts of years past, in addition to cathing the fish you mention, we've also often caught baby weakfish about the same size, and there's no mistaking them for anything else.

Garry