So, I was sitting back the other day, just thinking about stuff, you know? My mind drifted to fishing, like it often does. Specifically, chasing those striped bass down at the coast. Love catching stripers, tough fighters.
Then a funny thought popped into my head: are there actually any good jokes about striped bass? Like, specifically striper jokes? Not just generic fish jokes, but ones about stripers?
My Little Search
Curiosity got the better of me. I figured, hey, let’s see what’s out there. So, I went over to my computer, sat down, and started poking around online. Just typed in “striper jokes” to see what would come up.
Well, let me tell you, the first results were… not exactly what I was looking for. A whole lot of confusion, stuff completely unrelated. Had to refine the search quite a bit, add “fishing” and things like that. It took a bit of digging, honestly.
What I Found (or Didn’t)
After maybe twenty minutes of sifting through pages, I found a couple. Mostly puns, you know? The kind that make you groan more than laugh. Stuff like:
- Why did the striper cross the road? To get to the other tide!
- What do you call a lazy striped bass? A slugger! (Get it? Like a slug…)
Yeah, pretty weak sauce, right? I wrote a couple down, just to see.
Later on, I saw my neighbor, Bill, who also fishes. I thought, okay, let’s try one out. I told him that “other tide” one. He just kinda looked at me, squinted, and said, “Huh. Right. Did you check your leader knot last time out?” So, uh, yeah. Didn’t exactly kill.
Final Thoughts
So, my whole experiment trying to find and maybe tell some striper jokes? It was mostly a bust. It seems like good, funny jokes specifically about striped bass are harder to land than a 40-pounder in a kayak during a storm.
Maybe the real humor is in the actual fishing trips themselves – the one that got away, the buddy who falls in, the weird lure that somehow works. Those stories seem to get more laughs than any canned joke I could find.

Anyway, that was my little project. Spent an afternoon basically confirming that striper fishermen are probably too busy fishing to write good jokes about it. Or maybe they just keep the good ones to themselves. Who knows?