Rock bass season

[dgio67]

I was trying to look at DEC website to see if there was a season.  I read about a couple guys saying they were decent to eat.  Is there a size / limit / season?  Thanks,

[Doug N]

No size limit. Fish for them anytime. The  limit is either 50 fish or no limit. Don't think you have to worry about catching to many. lol

I used to catch a lot of them in Blind Sodus Bay using perch minnows with a small bobber around docks. Good luck and have fun, hope you catch a bunch.

[dgio67]

Thank you Sir.  Just wanted to try something different.  We catch a bunch on tubes so will let you know how they tastte.  Just need to get out.

[Doug N]

Yes let me know how you like them. Good Luck

 

[ifishy]

I've had them many times you would be able to tell them apart from a bluegill especially from cold water

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[ifishy]

Not be able to sorry typo

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[Kevin J Legg]

I’ve eaten many and they are just about like bluegill. Great fish for kids as they are very cooperative and bite on just about anything they can fit in their mouth.


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[MikeyP]

2 hours ago, Kevin J Legg said:

I’ve eaten many and they are just about like bluegill. Great fish for kids as they are very cooperative and bite on just about anything they can fit in their mouth.


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Can give a heck of a fight too. Kinda scrappy!

[TrophySeeker]

Fun to catch, great to eat, a bit of a pain to filet.

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[BSmaster]

Really good early in the year before the water warms.  They are firmer than perch but as summer gets heated they get a little bit mushy like crappie without the crappie taste.

[panfisher]

And they can get rather large too. We've caught them here and there while trolling for trout/salmon on the Big O. And not close to shore springtime fishing either. Also in the Fingers. A 12"+ over a pound sized rock bass is something to behold. Spot on BSmaster about the flesh tightness in warmer water. Their skeletal structure is more like a crappie's; bigger, heavier bones. But they taste fine.