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Smacked a BGBS under a pontoon boat in 4 fow
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Smacked a BGBS under a pontoon boat in 4 fow
The eye is red. Didn't show up in the photo
Jack,
Looks like a rock bass and a nice one too. Good catch.
They were a lot darker down in South Alabama. I had looked it up. I think it Qualifies for A TARP certificate
it's a warmouth, not a rock bass.
I have been researching and counting fins. :fish
Rock bass.
Black river perch !
used to catch many of those in the creek that ran through McMinnville Tn
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Rock bass by any other name is still a rock bass.
Goggle eye
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I say neither.... tilapia
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Must be vacationing here in the Smokies. :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
Looks like 10 dorsal spines makes it a Warmouth?
ugly lips goggle rock eyed snub nosed war fish is my guess
should qualify for something without a doubt as ugly as it is .....:Rofl
Hard fighter it was
so are the "other" 47 varieties of the wrong fish , you just stop it mister , man is it not so pretty , it would be ok if god gave it something worthy of a sideways glance , but this is just not the case on that ugly duckling ,,,,:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
:Rofl:fish
Probably why it has that attitude! Just saying….;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
Bob
In the United States, tilapia are found in much of the south, especially Florida and Texas, and as far north as Idaho, where they survive in power-plant discharge zones. Tilapia are also currently stocked in the Phoenix, Arizona, canal system as an algal growth-control measure.
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I did not know that. This was cold water a good 10 miles to the nearest power plantQuote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
The number of spines in the dorsal and anal fins identifies it as a rock bass.
ClearCreek
That was how many I counted. When I found a page showing the differenceQuote:
Originally Posted by ClearCreek
Rock bass…as to tilapia in TN…..at the discharge canal at the Gallatin steam plant…..in the winter you can catch 100’s a day. They thrive there. That is where the TN state record tilapia of 7 pounds 6 ounces was caught.
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May be worth a trip to catch a few.
not really , they will fin the living FIRE out of you and it is all but impossible to lip them .Quote:
Originally Posted by DockShootinJack
AND a hook in them vulcanized radial tire lips is about impossible to get out .
THEN if you cut thru the rib cage when you fillet them.....
the dark green gallons of ugly juice will secure my thoughts on NOT worthy of ketchn .
just saying :Rofl
So how many does a rock bass have ?Quote:
Originally Posted by QuinnTheEskimo
So how many spines does a rock bass have ?Quote:
Originally Posted by QuinnTheEskimo
That is a rock bass. Here in TN we have 2-3 different colors. Some are green, some brown and some almost black. A warmouth here has the bluegreen squigglies on the cheeks and gills and no red eyes.
It was a weekend with 2 TARP eligible fish. One of my best weekends. I have decided to go after 3 more and get my patch.
I count 12 dorsal spines and 5 anal spines.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuinnTheEskimo
Rock bass have 11-13 dorsal spines and 5-7 anal spines.
Warmouth have 10 dorsal spines and 3 anal spines.
ClearCreek
https://panfishnation.com/wp-content...200826.855.jpg
That is the page I found to id the fish also after I originally posted.