Piers: Really only common at Bay Area and Delta piers and even here fewer and fewer are caught each year. Striped Bass from the Capitola Wharf in 2016 Typically found in shallow-water areas, both sandy and rocky. Habitat : An anadromous species that moves from freshwater to saltwater and back. Common in San Francisco Bay and central California to Monterey occasionally seen at southern California piers. Range: From 25 miles south of the California-Mexico border to Barkley Sound in British Columbia. Each year will see a few lucky anglers catching large fish-some up to 40-50 pounds. Most striped bass caught off piers are the smaller schooling stripers under five pounds in size.

Size :Up to 4 feet and 90 pounds in California. Striped Bass from the Berkeley Pier in 2003 Brownish, copper, or steel bluish with brassy reflections more silverish on the sides seven or eight blackish, horizontal stripes on the side of the body. Identification : Typical bass shape with two dorsal fins. Striped bass caught by Stan at the Point Pinole Pier in 2003 CA Fish Bulletin #157 (1972) uses Roccus saxatilis. Although a bass, stripers are placed in the “temperate bass” family Moronidae instead of the “sea bass” family Serranidae, which is home to most of California’s saltwater bass.Īlternate Names :Striper, linesider, rock bass, rock fish, streaked bass and my favorites-squidhound or “rock.” Called lubina estriada in Mexico. CA Fish Bulletin #28 (1930) uses the name Roccus lineatus.

Species : Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) from Morone (a word of unknown origin attributed to Samuel Latham Mitchell who named it in 1814) and the Latin saxatilis (to live among rocks). Temperate Sea Basses: Family Percichthyidae

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