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Fish ID?
#2916335
09/30/19 06:23 PM
09/30/19 06:23 PM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,184 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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I've only caught these fish in the fast flowing and rocky creeks of Coosa Co, and I never have figured out exactly what they are. I've had many people give me definite answers, but unfortunately they are not the same answer. Most call them a Goggle-eye or Warmouth, but I don't think either answer is right. The Outdoors AL site gives only 3 possibilities - Rock Bass, Shadow Bass, or Warmouth, but this fish doesn't seem to match up with any of the descriptions. It seems to be most like a Rock Bass, but they are not supposed to be in the Coosa system. This one has 10 spines in the dorsal fin and 5 in the anal fin. It's 7" long, and that's about the average size I have caught. I've never caught a bunch of them on one trip, but it's pretty common to catch 2 or 3 on a day trip. So what is it?
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Fish ID?
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
#2916340
09/30/19 06:31 PM
09/30/19 06:31 PM
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Joined: Aug 2003
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top cat
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A freak. A mix. Elifino. May be a shadow bass cause I don't recall ever seeing one.
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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Re: Fish ID?
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
#2916344
09/30/19 06:33 PM
09/30/19 06:33 PM
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Posts: 39,474 Marshall County
FurFlyin
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Body sure looks like a crappie to me.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: Fish ID?
[Re: jwalker77]
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09/30/19 06:45 PM
09/30/19 06:45 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681 Slidell, La
perchjerker
Freak of Nature
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Warmouth hybrid of some sort.
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Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: Fish ID?
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
#2916430
09/30/19 07:48 PM
09/30/19 07:48 PM
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Posts: 12,184 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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I have thought for several years that they are probably shadow bass, but it doesn't match up perfectly with their description. It's more like the description of a Rock Bass, but if they aren't in the Coosa system it can't be that. It is certainly more like the shadow bass description than a Warmouth.
Thanks for the guesses.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Fish ID?
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
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09/30/19 09:46 PM
09/30/19 09:46 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 9,658 Pisgah Al
Bigbamaboy
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They are very good! They have a sweet flavor and though they are never very big, I always keep them. I got a couple of red-eyes and a couple of spots to go with him, and they should make my wife and I a good meal. That’s right. If they weren’t meant to eat, God wouldn’t have made them out of meat.
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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Re: Fish ID?
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
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09/30/19 09:56 PM
09/30/19 09:56 PM
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257wbymag
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A few smallmouth would make you a dam fine fish fry in addition.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Fish ID?
[Re: 257wbymag]
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09/30/19 10:06 PM
09/30/19 10:06 PM
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Posts: 12,184 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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A few smallmouth would make you a dam fine fish fry in addition. And I have never caught one. It has occurred to me that I am not getting any younger, so if I want to accomplish that feat I might ouught to be planning a trip to do it. So where I can go catch a smallmouth in a natural river setting? I know they caught them behind dams in the fall, but I'd rather fish a natural river. Is there such a place left?
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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