Some Goggle Eye from the weekend

We went camping\canoeing over Memorial Day with the family and some friends. Didn't catch a lot of my target species, but we did load up on the "small" Goggle Eye. They are a fun fish to catch cause of the fight and they will go after anything as seen in the pics from 1/32 oz popeye jig to bass tubes. I even catch them on the river nightfishing buzzbaits some time with the bait being longer than the fish.

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Cute little Rock Bass!

AAAAAHHHHHHHHH, a true goggle eye. A true rock bass and not a green sunfish mistakenly called a goggleye. WTG, I am jealous. I have not caught a rock bass in probably 35 years.:(

Thanks, they are tough fish. The 3rd pic was actually a different date but same river. I just posted to show they go after everything in size. I guess the Kamikaze type panfish. Here's another trip, but shows how aggresive they feed even at night on a Jitterbug and buzz.

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They're known in some circles as WGSF (Worlds Greatest Sport Fish), they will hit anything at any time!

Nice dude,them are some real agressive fish!

Looks like great fun, good eaten too?

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Originally Posted by cricket george

AAAAAHHHHHHHHH, a true goggle eye. A true rock bass and not a green sunfish mistakenly called a goggleye. WTG, I am jealous. I have not caught a rock bass in probably 35 years.:(

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Went perch fishin on lake erie and the bite was slow so i decided to fish the shoreline for the rockbass. Did alright for only fishing 1 1/2 hrs for them.
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Nice mess of fish, those make great dinner.

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Originally Posted by Pat

Looks like great fun, good eaten too?

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They fry up well.