Fish ID

[kirby999]

i caught this little bass at West Point Monday while Flyfishing for panfish .
I’ve never seen a bass with a tail like this .
Anybody know what it is ?

 

[Qazaq15]

Looks like a baby spotted bass to me.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Yeah, I'd say baby spot. A lot of juvenile bass have those colored tails.

 

[kirby999]

Yeah, I'd say baby spot. A lot of juvenile bass have those colored tails.

Ive caught a lot of baby LM bass and a few small creek bass , over my 60+ years of fishing and I’ve never seen one with a tail like this one .

 

[drenalin08]

Thats cool

 

[NCHillbilly]

Ive caught a lot of baby LM bass and a few small creek bass , over my 60+ years of fishing and I’ve never seen one with a tail like this one .

LM don't have it at all, I don't think. Spots, shoalies, smallmouth and some others do, to some degree.

 

[kirby999]

since it came out of West point , I was thinking it was probably a spot . They’ve about taken over down there .
Cool looking tail .

 

[OwlRNothing]

I'm gonna have to go with LMB here. Just a very dark/vivid coloration on the tail. Did you feel his tongue?

 

[Kev]

Could it have some chattahoochee bass in it?

 

[kirby999]

I'm gonna have to go with LMB here. Just a very dark/vivid coloration on the tail. Did you feel his tongue?

My finger is too big to fit in its mouth .

 

[Raylander]

Could it have some chattahoochee bass in it?

Maybe some residual genetics? Do they have Chatt Bass down that way?

Chattahoochee Bass for reference:

 

[Kev]

I would say they probably have some chattahoochee bass there.

 

[little rascal]

Looks like a Redeye Bass to me. Used to catch a lot of redeye in a creek by my Grandpas house in Bama. The creek was almost always muddy, the bass were light colored with reddish brownish fins and red eyes. Not to be confused with the Rock bass
that some call redeye.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1...r56bagaeai&biw=1600&bih=757&dpr=1&safe=strict

 

[lampern]

https://flic.kr/p/fuR1Uz

 

[kirby999]

You know , I just remembered recently reading that DNR stocked LM bass fingerlings in West Point .
this may have been one of those .

 

[NCHillbilly]

 

[kirby999]

looks like a spot ! Thanks

 

[little rascal]

A tiny smallie, same tail. Who knew!
I never noticed that colorful tail on any Juvies all these years.