Hybrid striped bass are considered better suited for culture in ponds than either parent species because they are more resilient to extremes of temperature and low dissolved oxygen,[1] although they gravitate toward areas of moving water within impoundments.

Often called "breaking", this surface feeding makes the fish visible and easy to catch on a wide array of lures and baits.

Popular lures include casting spoons, buck-tail jigs, soft-body plastic fish replicas, and inline spinners.

[2] The world record whiterock bass is a 12.38-kilogram (27 lb 5 oz) fish caught in Greers Ferry Lake, Arkansas in 1997.

Natural hybridization occurs between the species, but it is usually the reverse cross which would be male M. saxatilis × female M. chrysops, since the white bass eggs do not require the same degree of flotation to hatch.

Their main diet includes shad, bluegill, sunfish, fathead minnows, and black and white crappie.