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I know it looks like a Rock Bass, but they are slightly different. This is basically the southern version

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 9, 2012 at 5:44pm

Look at this fish Lee...any similarities?

Comment by Greg McWilliams on November 6, 2011 at 8:27pm
Funny you don't see these very often and now 2 with in a week!!!!!!  They are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 5, 2011 at 6:22pm

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.

Comment by dick tabbert on November 5, 2011 at 6:08pm
Now I'm really confused. Looks like a rock bass to me. Looks like a rock bass of a different color.
Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 2, 2011 at 5:31pm

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.

 

Comment by Bruce Condello on November 2, 2011 at 3:02pm
Shadow!!
Comment by John Sheehan on November 2, 2011 at 12:44pm
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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