I heard some anglers talking about catching these. What are they.
2006-12-10 12:02:48 · 3 answers · asked by bodeen 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Many fisherman know the rock bass as the goggle eye or red eye, names derived from the fish's bilging, reddish colored eyes.
The rock bass is a member of the sunfish family, but is not a true bass. The fish can change color in chameleon fashing.
Like most sunfish, rockbass seldom exceed two pounds, although the world record is a 3 pounder caught in Ontario in 1974 and a 3 pounder caught in sugar creek Indiana.
2006-12-11 01:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by wall_id_pike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ambloplites rupestris, most frequently called "rock bass" here in the southeast. There are local variations of the fish, which are in the sunfish family.
http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/bream/rockbass/
http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/fish/ambloplites.html
2006-12-11 00:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by TJ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just a big red eye sunfish.
big bulging eyes.. pop eye type fish.
red fish or rock fish or red bass.
2006-12-10 20:17:09 · answer #3 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋