FishingwithRusty, chick, lm, white perch, 050720, Richard

[FishingwithRusty]

took my neighbor out yesterday evening for bit. spent some time helping him with his bait casting reel(he's still learning). rode over creek channel drop, marked some fish grouped up near the drop so we fired on em. first cast, 3lb prespawn lm. hmmmmmmm next five casts 12-14" white perch. Richard got in on the action catching a lm and then a couple of perch. caught one more lm before it was over. ran around looking for more but none to be found. stopped back on that creek channel drop to catch a couple more lm before heading in. kind of shocked to see and catch them out of 21' with the water as cool as it is. Richard had a pretty good grasp of the baitcaster by the time we were done.

 

[Gator]

Good day it sounds. Thanks for reporting.

 

[rsimms]

"White perch?"

Absolutely no offense intended, but, "You ain't from around here are ya?" emoPoke

Congrats to your friend (and you)! Just curious what you were throwing to catch bass and "white perch?"

 

[FishingwithRusty]

rsimms - 5/9/2020 12:14 PM

"White perch?"

Absolutely no offense intended, but, "You ain't from around here are ya?" emoPoke

Congrats to your friend (and you)! Just curious what you were throwing to catch bass and "white perch?"

lol, yeah Oldman corrected me too yesterday, said they're hybrids. i dont really care what you call em but i got several filleted. caught em on a spoon

 

[bronzeback45]

They are good eating too! I caught some on a rig this past Thursday, I was hoping they were bass. Sometimes it's hard to tell them apart. They are actually white bass. i call them whities, LOL.

 

[rsimms]

So for your future reference, here's a little lesson on "local" nomenclature. I'm pretty sure y'all are referring to white bass (scientific name, Morone chrysops).

<img src=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/White_Bass.jpg>

Among locals they are most commonly called "stripe." They usually reach 2 or 3 lbs. max.

But, it has become more confusing since the introduction of rockfish. (scientific name, Morone saxatilis)

<img src=https://fw.ky.gov/Fish/PublishingImages/StripedBass.jpg>

They are stocked from saltwater with a marginal amount of natural reproduction in area waters and reach huge sizes - up to 60 lbs.+ They are often referred to as rockfish OR "stripers." Simply by adding an "r" to the native stripe refers to a totally different species. (But don't add a "p" as in strippers... that's a TOTALLY different non-fishing subject )

To complicate matters even farther, biologists have cross-bred native white bass to stripers, creating another introduced fish known as a "hybrid" or a Cherokee Bass (based on the TN lake where they were first introduced). They generally get up to 20 lbs. give or take.

All three of these varieties of approximately that same size (2-3 lbs.) are very difficult to identify. TWRA publishes a poster to aid in differentiation between the three.

<img src=https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/twra/fishing/fishing-information-identification/jcr%3acontent/contentFullWidth/tn_panel_1213851684/content/tn_textandimage/image.img.jpg/1586380421387.jpg>

Hope all that is of some help to you or others.

 

[Rob Lee]

I was just viewing similar pictures on TWRA website. So are those pesky, hard hitting fighting little striped bass (that I catch so many of while crappie fishing) actually "yellow bass". They look very similar to a miniature striped bass or rock fish. I appreciate the edification. Thank you.

 

[rsimms]

Rob Lee - 5/10/2020 11:27 AM

I was just viewing similar pictures on TWRA website. So are those pesky, hard hitting fighting little striped bass (that I catch so many of while crappie fishing) actually "yellow bass". They look very similar to a miniature striped bass or rock fish. I appreciate the edification. Thank you.

There is a first cousin to the white bass called a yellow bass (scientific name, Morone mississippiensis). They look very similar except they are somewhat yellow. They are also much smaller, rarely reaching one pound.

<img src=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Yellow_Bass.gif>

 

[Rob Lee]

the ones I catch so many of and I expect others do as well are not yellow, but white with very distinct dark stripes. We have always called them striped bass. Different subject, what are your thoughts on this years crappie spawn? Have they spawned out. Had good luck a week ago...caught many in four to five foot of water...two with worn and bloodied tail fin...got skunked Thursday. Guess its time to look for shellcracker beds..."Flower Moon"...last Super Moon of the year. Thank you.

 

[rsimms]

Rob Lee - 5/10/2020 11:44 AM

the ones I catch so many of and I expect others do as well are not yellow, but white with very distinct dark stripes. We have always called them striped bass. Different subject, what are your thoughts on this years crappie spawn? Have they spawned out. Had good luck a week ago...caught many in four to five foot of water...two with worn and bloodied tail fin...got skunked Thursday. Guess its time to look for shellcracker beds..."Flower Moon"...last Super Moon of the year. Thank you.

I haven't crappie fished any lately but based on reports from friends, the spawn did seem to hang around a bit longer this year. I heard about some good shallow water catches up until a week or so ago. But I suspect it will be coming to an end very soon. Temps rising soon (air and water). Going to be time to move to the deep water structure, docks and bluffs (or night fish emoThumbsup ).

 

[Rob Lee]

Many thanks!