jdmidwest Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 The first fish looks alot like a Kentucky or Spotted Bass, dark spots along the lateral line and jaw does not extend past the eye. Did you feel a rough patch on his tongue? The shadow bass is called a goggle eye in these parts, it is the same. Looks like you had a good time, wish I could have joined you. Nice thing about creeks and small rivers, they warm up fast on a nice day. Most ponds around here were ice covered on Wed. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
ozark trout fisher Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Took my first wade trip out for smallies today, first spot was kinda slow just managed a few largemouth and a couple smallies. Also caught this. It's a shadow bass, looks alot like a goggle eye. Saw one of these for the first time this year. Big fish of the day was this 14 incher. Fish really started to hit around noon and I caught a LOT of fish until the sun went down. It was a great day. Smallmouth sure are an amazingly fun fish to catch. Sometimes it makes me wonder why I don't fish for these more often than I do...
405z06 Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 The first fish looks alot like a Kentucky or Spotted Bass, dark spots along the lateral line and jaw does not extend past the eye. It's a largemouth. The markings are just dark as he probably came form clear water.
creek wader Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Way to go, siusaluki. I've got the fever bad. I'll be on the little streams first chance that I get. I went below bagnell dam the other day, because I had a co-worker with me, that wasn't prepared for wade fishing. Got to get away from those guys. ... wader wader
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