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He didn't have them bright red eyes typical of a rock bass but he does resemble one. That black one is a different critter I guess.

Originally Posted by 78mudbug

the fish with the circle around it on the bottom looks like we here in tennessee call a rock bass

Rock Bass here in arkansas also

Those are some nice fish, it is weird the different colors on teh some speices of fish

We call those goggle eyes down here but they are really warm mouths, their eyes turn deep red when they are about to spawn. They are not rock bass but are simular I can't remember how to tell them apart but I think it is a tooth patch and the location you catch them in around the country. As for the warm mouth (goggle eye) they are usually very fat and pull pretty hard. I catch the really nice ones on plastic worms are beetle spins. They have a larger mouth than a shellcracker.

Originally Posted by crappiecatcher06

We call those goggle eyes down here but they are really warm mouths, their eyes turn deep red when they are about to spawn. They are not rock bass but are simular I can't remember how to tell them apart but I think it is a tooth patch and the location you catch them in around the country. As for the warm mouth (goggle eye) they are usually very fat and pull pretty hard. I catch the really nice ones on plastic worms are beetle spins. They have a larger mouth than a shellcracker.

I had always used rock bass and goggle eye inter-changeably, but never knew what a Warmouth was.

That's a really nice catch too

Here is a Roanoke Bass what we call Redeye, it looks just like a rock bass.

Great looking mess of gills and crackers!!!

Now thats what I call a rock bass, we don't have those down here. That looks like a nice one.