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Shadow Bass
I know it looks like a Rock Bass, but they are slightly different. This is basically the southern version
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Location: Pascagoula tributaries
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 9, 2012 at 5:44pm
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Look at this fish Lee...any similarities?
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Comment by Greg McWilliams on November 6, 2011 at 8:27pm
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Funny you don't see these very often and now 2 with in a week!!!!!! They are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 5, 2011 at 6:22pm
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Well, Dick, apparently it is a unique species. Ive never heard of it, either, until it came up here. Many easily confuse it with a Warmouth.
They are native to the South, for the most part.
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Comment by dick tabbert on November 5, 2011 at 6:08pm
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Now I'm really confused. Looks like a rock bass to me. Looks like a rock bass of a different color.
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Yes, if I was fishing on the jetties down at the coast, I'd say I caught a juvenile 'rockie'.
I showed these pics to some of my friends and they all said the same thing - warmouth.
One even mentioned the 'goggle eye' with the red bands.
My guess is that the variations between all these are so subtle as to cause less knowledgeable folks - like me and my buds - to lump all these fish together. This is the first time I've heard of a shadow bass, in fact.
It is a cute little thing, aint it? Im gonna paint my boat in that camo pattern.
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Comment by Bruce Condello on November 2, 2011 at 3:02pm
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Shadow!!
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Comment by John Sheehan on November 2, 2011 at 12:44pm
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A very cool fish!Thanks for posting! Red eyes like a Rock Bass or a Red Breasted Sunfish.I hope you will tag your other shadow bass photos so they show up in a search by species on this site.
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