Sunshine bass are a hybrid
produced by crossing a
female white bass with a male
striped bass. These fish
resemble striped bass and
white bass, which makes identifying them difficult,
especially for young fish. When they become adults,
sunshine bass have a deep body and an arched back
similar to the white bass. They can often be distinguished
by broken or irregular stripes on the front half of body and
straight lines on the rear half of body. Sunshine bass are
common in Florida and some other southern states.
Fishing for Sunshine Bass
Some of the same techniques that work for striped bass
and white bass will work for sunshine bass. Sunshine
bass can grow to the 6 or 7 pound range in a few years,
so you can target these fish with the same lures that you
use for white bass, but you can go a little bigger with your
lure sizes. Like striped bass, sunshine bass feed heavily
on shad.
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