Hybird Striped Bass
Common Names: Stripers, Wipers, Sunshine Bass, Rockfish and Sea Bass.
AVAILABILITY Fresh
SEASONAL AVAILABILITY
Year Round Availability
CATCH and COUNTRY of ORIGIN
Sustainable, Farmed Raised, USA
SIZING
Whole Fish
Hand Carved Half Side Fillets
Cut to Size Portions
FLAVOR PROFILE
Mild, fresh flavor with medium texture and small flake. Medium fat content. Raw fish comes in opaque white/grey and cooks up white.
COOKING TECHNIQUES
Grilling, Roasting, Broiling, Pan Searing, Frying, Steaming, Poaching, Smoking, Ceviche.
PRODUCT INFO
Sliver Streak Hybrid Stripped Bass, also known as Stripers, Wipers, Sunshine Bass, Rockfish and Sea Bass. Silver Streak Striped Bass is a hybrid of Marine Stripped Bass and freshwater White Bass, resulting in a fish with desirable characteristics of both species.
• Sliver white skin with distinctive black horizontal stripes
• Hybird Striped Bass
• Mild, delicate, slightly sweet taste
• Bright white, flaky moderately firm flesh
• 38 – 55% filet yield, depending on form and cut
• Best prepared:
Whole: baked or steamed
Filets: grilled, pan seared, baked and fried
• Aquaculture – USA, Texas
• All Natural
Jim Ekstrom began raising hybrid striped bass in the mid-eighties. In 1997 he located farming operations in Danevang, Texas, and built Sliver Streak farm to 110 ponds and nearly 1,000 water acres. Today, the farm produces three million pounds of fish annually, making it the largest hybrid striped bass farm in the USA.
Ekstrom Enterprises builds quality into every phase of its operations, from the fish we stock, to feed selection, to harvesting, packout and shipping. That is why our customers can depend on quality in each and every Silver Streak Hybrid Striped Bass.
Impeccable Attention to Healthy Development
Silver Streak Striped Bass mature in a natural pond environment fed by pristine country wells. An experienced crew monitors growing conditions around the clock 365 days a year.
We harvest to order several times weekly. Harvested fish are chilled in Ice slurry, graded, boxed and immediately transported to wholesale Customers across the USA and beyond.
