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| Rock Bass; Description and info on Rock bass | |
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| Topic Started: Mar 21 2008, 10:00 AM (201 Views) | |
| Final | Mar 21 2008, 10:00 AM Post #1 |
Salvelinus namaycush
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 Rock bass Conservation status: Secure Secure Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Centrarchidae Genus: Ambloplites Species: A. rupestris Binomial name: Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) The rock bass, also known as the rock perch or goggle-eye, is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family. They are similar in appearance to smallmouth bass but are usually quite a bit smaller. The average rock bass is between 6-10 inches, and they are rarely over a pound. Rock bass are native to the St Lawrence River and Great Lakes system, the upper and middle Mississippi River basin in North America from Québec to Saskatchewan in the north down to Missouri and Arkansas, and throughout the eastern U.S. from New York through Kentucky and Tennessee to the northern portions of Alabama and Georgia in the south. All species of rock bass are considered gamefish and are popular with sustenance and sport fishermen. Sport anglers often employ ultra-light spinning gear or fly tackle designed for panfish. Fishing with live bait such as nightcrawlers is the most effective to catch rock bass, although they are often caught with lures while fishing for bass. A. rupestris, the largest and most common of the Ambloplites species, has reached a maximum recorded length of 43 cm (17 in), and a maximum recorded weight of 1.4 kg (3.0 lb). It can live as long as 10 years. These fish have the ability to rapidly change their color to match their surroundings. It is this chameleon-like trait that allows them to thrive throughout their wide range. The rock bass prefers clear, rocky, and vegetated stream pools and lake margins. It is carnivorous, and its diet consists of smaller fish, insects, and crustaceans. Ambloplites Constellatus, a species of rock bass from the Ozark upland of Arkansas, and Ambloplites Ariommus are true rock bass, but regarded as separate species. A. rupestris is sometimes called the redeye or redeye bass in Canada, but this name refers more properly to Micropterus coosae, a distinct species of Centrarchid native to parts of the American South. Rafinesque originally assigned the rock bass to Bodianus, a genus of marine wrasses (family Labridae). |
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| GET R DONE | Mar 21 2008, 11:08 AM Post #2 |
Fishin' for Loch Ness
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their is a ton of those in a river back home. They are a blast when you bring kids fishing.. |
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| chevy man | Apr 23 2008, 10:40 PM Post #3 |
Walleye
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caught a couple of them before, but i think i will have to go and spend a weekend to catch and release these little guy, for the fun and the awsome fight they put up. |
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