ok what is this fish ?

[OlympicElkJunkie]

No doubt this is a "rocky". Caught buckets full of them in Ontario. They can get as big as a couple pounds and are a pretty good eating pan fish in a beer batter ... yumm

[Curly]

I found this website: http://www.gotmyfishon.com/washington/fish/warmouth

Pretty good info on that site.

They are currently found in Silver Lake in Cowlitz County, plus a dozen or so other smaller lakes in Cowlitz, Lewis and Thurston counties. The first known stocking in the Evergreen State was into Loon Lake in Stevens County in 1892. During this same period, separate releases were made in the Boise River (Idaho) and with mixed plantings in the Willamette River.

Rock Bass info

[jackmaster]

red eyed rock bass, damn good eatn especially if you can get a few at a desent size, kapowsin lake has a ton of them and they are great fun for the kids

[agchawk]

 Those little Rock Bass are pretty cool lookin' fish. They are also called "googlie eyes" because their eyes tend to bulge out a bit.

  We have them in the ponds and inlets down here also. However, I've never seen one as big as that guy down here. Most of ours are less than a 1/2 lbs or so at the biggest. Heck, the state record is only 1lb 6 oz.

[Scottystyle]

Its a hybrid sea bass with a laser strapped to its forhead...lmao    

[carpsniperg2]

Its a hybrid sea bass with a laser strapped to its forhead...lmao    

So they can have a warm meal?

[lokidog]

Good eats those rock bass, I'll take them over stocker trout any day.  Scale them then filet, the skin gives it more flavor, kind of sweet IMO. 

[carver52]

My vote is rock bass.

[Curly]

Good eats those rock bass, I'll take them over stocker trout any day.  Scale them then filet, the skin gives it more flavor, kind of sweet IMO.

 

We used to catch a bunch of them and have a good fish fry.  Good eats!  You need a lot of them to get a meal.