Need Help With Fish Id, Again.

[Johnsfolly]

My folks live in Georgia and I found out that at least 6 bass species lived in the state. So in the summer of 2009 I fished all over the state to catch a bunch of new species. Here is a shoal bass that I caught on an Excalibur Spit'n Image topwater while fishing the Upper Ocmulgee River in Jasper CO, Georgia.

Here is what the river looked like.

I also caught several redeye bass on the Spit'n image topwater in Amicalola Creek in Dawson CO, GA.

Above the bridge was a recognized GA trout fishing area to give you an idea of the habitat for these bass. The Amicalola falls is the tallest waterfall east of the Mississippi river.

I fished the Wakulla River south of Tallahasee Florida that summer as well using 3" flukes and lost two Suwannee bass right at the boat. It appeared that they were just holding the bait with a closer mouth until the got near the boat. They were both less than 10" long. I just couldn't get them to bite on any smaller lures to get a good hookset. So I still have to go back to FL to try for them again.

My wife is going to hate me going onto roughfish.com. She supports my obsessive goals about fishing and hunting until I get to 85+% of the goal. Then I get really obsessed and she is tired of me talking about or planning the next trip. I'm currently trying to catch a trout at each Missouri recognized trout streams by the MDC designations. I have two sections of the North Fork of the White rvier and same on the Eleven point river as well as the section of Lake Taneycomo below the trophy management area to complete the task. I cannot think about anything else at this point. Living in Columbia, I have to plan to stay down that way. So that adds additional costs to the trips. She is ready for me to move onto the next goal.

have you caught a grass pickerel? Crane creek in Crane, MO has a fair number of them. I caught my first one back in March on that creek.

[Greasy B]

Some cool fish and some beautiful streams. Your passion is not so much an obsession as a way of life.

[Ham]

Northern Hog Sucker from today.

[Johnsfolly]

Nice sucker. Ham is that #27 or have you caught a couple of others since your last tally?

[Ham]

I figured roughfish.com would be of interest to you. 27 it is. The sculpin would not play. Yet.

John have you caught any sturgeon yet?

[Johnsfolly]

Ham I haven't caught a sturgeon. I don't have a boat. So I have not been out on any of the bigger rivers. I still am trying to get out and snag a paddlefish. I just want to catch just one.

[Ham]

I foul hooked a nice spoonbill on TR up the James River arm years ago. I gut him in the dorsal fin with a Norman Little N. It came within inches of spooling me, but we chased him a little bit and I wore him down. Way too big for any net and we had no net in the boat anyway. A couple of quick pics boatside and then I popped the hooks out.

I don't think I would do the true snagging thing though.

[Wayne SW/MO]

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I don't think I would do the true snagging thing though.

Well it wouldn't be far from it Ham.

[Ham]

Well it wouldn't be far from it Ham.

I hear you Wayne. It was a wonderful accident. I was slinging a crankbait in muddy water. The fish was not harmed at all.

A massive treble hook used to purposefully hook fish is a different deal. I understand the paddlefish are put there to support that fishery. It's just not my cup of tea.