Thread: You have heard this before "not crappie but ..."

Originally Posted by Backwater Man

Their is two species that fall into the area you are discussing. Myself I thought a white bass and a sand bass were the same but they are two different fish. The sand bass is mainly referred to as a trash fish or hog feed fish.
The sand bass my Dad used to call them rock bass. Some folks get the sand bass mixed up with the striper, but again two different fish.
A rock bass is more of a green color and stripes are darker green than a white bass. The white bass is a good name because it is whiter than most bass.
White Perch is what some of the older folks call Crappie and now we have white crappie and black crappie and we have some shell crackers in our waters also.
I have caught sand bass when fishing for crappie, but I need to get some white bass and try them out--Believe it or not I will bet that some folks do not know the difference in a sand bass and a white bass.
Do you guys consider the two the same fish.

From everything I have read the sand bass and the white bass are the same. Most folks call them white's except those in Texas and Oklahoma.

White perch--

Aquatic Nuisance Species: Some states consider the white perch to be a nuisance species due to its ability to destroy fisheries. They have been associated with the declines in both walleye and white bass populations because they feed heavily on baitfish utilized by those species and out-compete them for food and space. Many states have enacted laws forbidding possession of live white perch. Additionally, these states recommend not releasing captured white perch back into the water in order to help control the spread of this species.[1]

White perch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Some confuse the ''Yellow Bass'' with ''White Bass''

Yellow bass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by L.A. stumpjumper

White perch--

Aquatic Nuisance Species: Some states consider the white perch to be a nuisance species due to its ability to destroy fisheries. They have been associated with the declines in both walleye and white bass populations because they feed heavily on baitfish utilized by those species and out-compete them for food and space. Many states have enacted laws forbidding possession of live white perch. Additionally, these states recommend not releasing captured white perch back into the water in order to help control the spread of this species.[1]

White perch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wow great post, not only is this interesting but scary. Never seen or knew a true "White Perch" existed. Thanks.

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Some confuse the ''Yellow Bass'' with ''White Bass''

Yellow bass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nimrod does Nimrod have White Bass?

How does a person know the difference between a white perch and white bass?

Originally Posted by bugman

How does a person know the difference between a white perch and white bass?

white perch are all white except lateral line, white bass have multiple lines and get a bit bigger here is some pics i googled
white bass are good to eat but to me white perch are much more tastier but harder to get eater size ones

white perch


white bass and at bottom a yellow bass

Originally Posted by rockmike

A lot of areas call white bass sand bass. We catch yellow bass along the Miss. River that are similar to whites, but yellowish in color. Sure can tangle lots of lines when you're fishing a spread.

Last season I got in a bunch of the yellow bass--had a yellow belly, but looked exactly like the white bass. These I got into were all small, maybe 1/2 lb. They sure mess up the crappie fishing if in the same area.