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Title: ok what is this fish ?
Post by: bowtech721 on June 21, 2011, 10:34:57 PM: This is probably a dumb question but my buddy hooked this little guy while floating with me for some trout this afternoon and im a total idiot when it comes to identifying any thing other than a salmon/trout/steelhead. Assuming its a bass of somesort so I told him to hold it like bill dance :chuckle:
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Post by: Thanny78 on June 21, 2011, 10:42:26 PM: Looks like a mini smallmouth to me...
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Post by: ribka on June 21, 2011, 10:46:09 PM: Rock bass?
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Post by: Thanny78 on June 21, 2011, 10:47:23 PM: Does it have a red eye???
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Post by: 6x6in6 on June 21, 2011, 10:54:51 PM: Quote from: ribka on June 21, 2011, 10:46:09 PM
Rock bass?
:yeah:
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Post by: bowtech721 on June 21, 2011, 11:01:04 PM: Quote from: Thanny78 on June 21, 2011, 10:47:23 PM
Does it have a red eye???
that's the thing it didn't really seem to have red eyes and the descriptions I've read on smallmouth say they should have red eyes :dunno: are rock bass common on the westside?
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Post by: Thanny78 on June 21, 2011, 11:04:17 PM: I always thought they were more of an east of the Mississippi thing...
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Post by: 6x6in6 on June 21, 2011, 11:11:23 PM: Don't know how common but Haller Lk in N. Seattle used to be loaded with them back in the late 70's and early 80's. Used to float tube it for them. They were suckers for a small white spinner bait.
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Post by: bobcat on June 21, 2011, 11:12:05 PM: Lots of rock bass in the lakes in Thurston County. Not sure where you were?
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Post by: wsucowboy on June 21, 2011, 11:13:55 PM: Quote from: ribka on June 21, 2011, 10:46:09 PM
Rock bass?
:yeah:
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Post by: trapperguy22 on June 21, 2011, 11:27:33 PM: rock bass
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Post by: C-Money on June 22, 2011, 08:08:29 AM: Rock bass/ warmouth.
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Post by: KopperBuck on June 22, 2011, 10:44:31 AM: Definitely a rock. Kind of looks like a WM, but different.
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Post by: Curly on June 22, 2011, 11:05:21 AM: Yeah, definitely a rock bass. Here is a link to a description of rock bass and warmouth: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/SpeciesGuideIndex/warmouthsunfish/tabid/6782/Default.aspx (http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/SpeciesGuideIndex/warmouthsunfish/tabid/6782/Default.aspx)

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The rock bass is similar in appearance but has 6 anal fin spines compared to the 3 that a warmouth sunfish has. Rock bass have a teardrop under the eye, no radiating lines on the cheek, and a black margin to the fins. Breeding male warmouth sunfish have gold or light blue speckles on their sides and a faint red spot at the rear base of the dorsal fin.
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Post by: jackelope on June 22, 2011, 11:18:04 AM: Back east we caught a ton of Rock Bass in rivers. Definitely a Rock Bass.
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Post by: OlympicElkJunkie on June 22, 2011, 11:22:23 AM: 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
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Post by: Curly on June 22, 2011, 11:27:18 AM: I found this website: http://www.gotmyfishon.com/washington/fish/warmouth (http://www.gotmyfishon.com/washington/fish/warmouth)

Pretty good info on that site.
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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 (http://www.gotmyfishon.com/washington/fish/rock-bass)
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Post by: jackmaster on June 22, 2011, 12:16:58 PM: 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
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Post by: agchawk on June 22, 2011, 12:34:27 PM: 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.
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Post by: Scottystyle on June 22, 2011, 11:22:20 PM: Its a hybrid sea bass with a laser strapped to its forhead...lmao :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 22, 2011, 11:27:49 PM: Quote from: Scottystyle on June 22, 2011, 11:22:20 PM
Its a hybrid sea bass with a laser strapped to its forhead...lmao :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

So they can have a warm meal? :chuckle:
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Post by: lokidog on June 23, 2011, 09:38:09 AM: 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.
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Post by: carver52 on June 23, 2011, 09:53:55 AM: My vote is rock bass.
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Post by: Curly on June 23, 2011, 09:58:02 AM: Quote from: lokidog on June 23, 2011, 09:38:09 AM
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.

:yeah:

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.