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It’s rare that a photo of a fish is submitted for Caught on Camera, but this week the subject represents a pretty unique catch.
Walter Gulitus was fishing the Susquehanna River last week when he landed a fish that looked unlike anything he ever caught in the river. When Gulitus was fishing near the Apple Tree Boat Launch in Harding hoping to catch a few smallmouth bass, but never expecting to land a striper. Gulitus said he wasn’t aware that any stripers were in the river and couldn’t believe it when he caught one.
So how did it get there?
According to Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission regional fisheries manager Rob Wnuk, the fish is actually a hybrid striper, evident by the broken pattern of the lateral lines. Wnuk said the fish likely came from Hammond Lake in Tioga County, where the PFBC stocks hybrids. A few make it to the river he said, especially during a wet spring when the water level is high.
In addition to hybrids, purebred stripers may be showing up in the river in the future. Wnuk said the agency began stocking purebreds in Cowanesque Lake, Tioga County.
Capture anything interesting on your hand-held or trail camera? A nice buck, bear, coyote or any other wildlife? We’d love to see it. Each week, we’ll run photos from a reader’s trail camera on the Sunday Outdoors page. Email your photo, along with date and area it was taken (township is fine), and any other details to [email protected].
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