What are these fish

[jmyers345]

I’m new to the area and kept catching these

 

 

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[Xxx]

I believe those are most pain in ars fish called a white bass. They foul you up so often I usually move to get away from those damn things. Some say the bigger ones are good eating, we caught a few big ones and we filleted them and they are eatable, coming from a guy that’s not a fish eater!!

Edited May 27, 2018 by pap

[jmyers345]

Thanks pap they interrupted my walleye fishing all last evening


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[Lucky13]

I'm more inclined to say white perch, aka silver bass.  White Bass have a more pronounced black and white pattern on their sides

 

White Perch:

 

White bass:

[jimski2]

White perch have a purple lip .


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[jimski2]

There is also a hybrid stripe bass/white bass. They are sterile and a strong fighting fish as all of its reproductive energy is added to more muscles. Same deal as a mule.


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[johnnywalleye]

silver bass,cross lake is loaded with them.

[Storm Warning II]

It's a White Perch...plenty of White Perch (although less in recent years) and White Bass in Lake Erie

Edited May 28, 2018 by Storm Warning II

[mr 580]

White perch-very aggressive Chautauqua Lake has plenty-they get so bad we switch from real worms to plastic on walleye.  If you don’t you blow through 100 nightcrawlers in a hurry.

[sherman brown]

i believe those are white perch. i hate those things. is the lower lip purple??

 

[Xxx]

White perch-white bass what ever the hell they are their a pain in the ass. Like posted above worm stealing little bastards, period!!

[jmyers345]

Hell I cough it on a Michigan stinger spoon and hot and tots


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[Xxx]

5 minutes ago, jmyers345 said:

Hell I cough it on a Michigan stinger spoon and hot and tots


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If every fish species were as aggressive as those little buggers it wouldn’t be fishing it would be catchin!!

[Char_Master]

Guys above have it covered, White Perch (Morone americana). Delicious little fish! They compete with native White Bass in Erie so I usually end up grilling more White Perch every year than I do Walleye.

[jmyers345]

Thanks for the info


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[garrymny]

always called them silver bass. I've ate them, not bad, not too fishy, but not as good as walleye.

[justtracytrolling]

White perch...very tasty...

[NPike]

Tried Lake Erie white bass yuck. Only seen White perch in Chautauqua, odd thing is years ago there were no white perch in Chautauqua.

Edited May 29, 2018 by NPike