Successful striper fishing from the surf comes down to equipment, timing, structure and bait. Striper and their hybrids as well as white bass are also abundant. Striper and their hybrids, as well as white bass, are also abundant. Howard started earning money in the 1950s by pin-striping along with fellow striper Dean Jeffries. Usually a hospital sponsored either Candy Striper or Blue Teen volunteers but not both. Frank introduced Jesse to a candy striper at the Pine Valley Hospital. As a teenager, Carmichael worked in his father's carriage making shop as a striper. This is the major differentiation between a specialist and a "hard striper". In some versions of the myth, Lupa was a striper (in Latin a "lupa", 'she-wolf').