Super User Darren. Posted March 13, 2016 Super User Posted March 13, 2016 Whichever, it reminds me of this... 1
Molay1292 Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 That's strange Darren, I don't see the resemblance between a fish and a swallow.
Super User Darren. Posted March 13, 2016 Super User Posted March 13, 2016 8 minutes ago, Molay1292 said: That's strange Darren, I don't see the resemblance between a fish and a swallow. Never said resemblance, LOL... "Reminds" ... humorous, what kind of fish is this? Looks like a baby bass, looks like a baby striped bass... African swallow, European swallow debate...fish debate, both debates...oh nevermind. Maybe I'm the only one who can relate the humor.
Molay1292 Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Darren. said: Never said resemblance, LOL... "Reminds" ... humorous, what kind of fish is this? Looks like a baby bass, looks like a baby striped bass... African swallow, European swallow debate...fish debate, both debates...oh nevermind. Maybe I'm the only one who can relate the humor. Just messing with you, I knew what you meant. 1
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 13, 2016 Global Moderator Posted March 13, 2016 It's a baby largemouth bass. Bass will get that purplish tint to them in colder water. On 3/10/2016 at 3:38 PM, Turtle135 said: that is a largemouth bass since we are playing this game, make a guess on this one: Yellow perch? 1
Super User Deleted account Posted March 13, 2016 Super User Posted March 13, 2016 14 hours ago, Darren. said: Whichever, it reminds me of this... Nice, now I feel like a troll guarding a bridge... "what is your favorite color?" 1
Super User Raul Posted March 13, 2016 Super User Posted March 13, 2016 On 10 de marzo de 2016 at 4:46 PM, Avalonjohn44 said: This little guy jumped right into the bank trying to escape something today. Don't recognize it. Any ideas? Its back was a lot more purple in real life... That ain´t no "minnow", that´s a baby bass.
Kevin22 Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 Fyi striped, white, and hybrids are not even in the same "family" as black bass... And look nothing like them when juvies. They look more the shape of a shad or bluegill, whereas a black bass has the long minnow-like shape with a big flat tail. 1
Super User Gundog Posted March 13, 2016 Super User Posted March 13, 2016 On 3/9/2016 at 5:46 PM, Avalonjohn44 said: This little guy jumped right into the bank trying to escape something today. Don't recognize it. Any ideas? Its back was a lot more purple in real life... Only reason I know what it is is cause I catch them that size
Super User A-Jay Posted March 14, 2016 Super User Posted March 14, 2016 Pygocentrus nattereri ~ Invasive A-Jay
Super User Raul Posted March 14, 2016 Super User Posted March 14, 2016 Ok, I had enough with the bragging contest, there you go, I win !
BassThumb Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 That's a LMB. I would have guessed SMB if not for how far back the jawline extends.
WestMichiganBass Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Does anyone think they can identify This fish?? Found this little guy while smallie fishing a river in michigan
Kevin22 Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Some kind of stoneroller would be my guess. Probably too big for a dace and its not any kind of panfish/game fish. Search through the native minnows, daces, and stonerollers for the area it was found.
Super User Paul Roberts Posted March 15, 2016 Super User Posted March 15, 2016 3 hours ago, WestMichiganBass said: Does anyone think they can identify This fish?? Found this little guy while smallie fishing a river in michigan That's a darter -a percid (Percidae), meaning in the perch/walleye family. I'm guessing it's a logperch (Percina caprodes). 3
Scarborough817 Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 On 3/10/2016 at 4:38 PM, Turtle135 said: that is a largemouth bass since we are playing this game, make a guess on this one: yellow perch or bluegill
Super User Paul Roberts Posted March 15, 2016 Super User Posted March 15, 2016 Neither. It is familiar but the group isn't coming to me. I think it's a coastal (brackish/marine) species.
Super User Ratherbfishing Posted March 15, 2016 Super User Posted March 15, 2016 On 3/12/2016 at 6:25 PM, Molay1292 said: That's strange Darren, I don't see the resemblance between a fish and a swallow. What do you mean? An African or a European swallow? 1
desmobob Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 I was recently looking at hard baits on line somewhere and there was a bait that looked exactly that pattern and color and was listed as "baby bass." I thought of this thread immediately. If I had not seen that photo of the little purple-backed bass, I certainly would have wondered why the heck they made a "baby bass" bait with that color. Tight lines, Bob 1
Super User Paul Roberts Posted March 16, 2016 Super User Posted March 16, 2016 I've never seen a bass with that coloration, but young bluegills have that exact coloration: purple back, blue sides, and yellow-orange "breast" (pectoral region). I find that interesting. There is a good reason for it.
Molay1292 Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 2 hours ago, Paul Roberts said: I've never seen a bass with that coloration, but young bluegills have that exact coloration: purple back, blue sides, and yellow-orange "breast" (pectoral region). I find that interesting. There is a good reason for it. Centrarchidae?
Super User Paul Roberts Posted March 16, 2016 Super User Posted March 16, 2016 That's part of it. But there is likely something ecological too. That's why I had asked the OP'er about the water body. 1
Avalonjohn44 Posted March 17, 2016 Author Posted March 17, 2016 On 3/11/2016 at 4:50 PM, Paul Roberts said: Wow. Neat coloration. It's a bass. I believe it's a largemouth. Morpology checks out. It doesn't appear to be a spot. Definitely not a smallmouth. I've never seen coloration like that -in a bass. Is this pond clear of aquatic vegetation? Any cover at all? Totally missed the question. There's a lot of coontail, a little bit of early string algae, but other than that, not much in the way of above water cover. Water was stained greenish brown, visibility was maybe twelve inches. 1
Super User Raul Posted March 17, 2016 Super User Posted March 17, 2016 I stocked tens of thousands of those little critters when I worked at SEPESCA, you can trust when I say it's a baby bass, actually it's a LMB baby. 1
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