Shadow Bass Photo

I thought like some others that there was not much difference but it is very evident there is. Coloration, compression, dorsal and that thing is all eyes. Look at the huge eyes. Caught two more today. I will be keeping two and shipping one spoken for. But if anyone is interested I am a kind hearted person (sometimes) so let me know. I have to drive about thirty five miles to where I found these. But a person can be bought you know. If you have something I want in trade we could work something out. I will definatly be going back to that place. I am catching these very young "like the same size as this shadow"
fish that have extreem red eyes, red finnage and the body has rows of specks some are visibly red. So I am assuming they are spotted/red spotted sunnies. I caught a baby gulf coast spiny softshell turtle. I was going to bring him home. I was holding him in my dip net then I got excited when I saw a undercut in the bank so I dipped and totally forgot about the turtle. My son and I have caught these baby softshells many times in this same river system that is why I know it is a gulf coast spiny. Also I know my turtles because that is another passion of mine. Really most anything that comes out of the water I like. But due to limited income and space I have to stick to fish for now. But those baby softshells are so neat. We kept one in a twenty gallon long for a while before we gave him to a school. We kept sand as a substrate because that is what they like. Was neat to watch. You did not know there was a turtle in there most of the time. But then you saw this very long neck come up then the little snout would get some air then back down covered in sand. I made a tank especially for turtles. I siliconed a piece of glass on one side (inside and lower than the sides of the tank) so I could mount a power filter and keep the water level low so the turtle did not have to leave the sand to get air. OK I know it is not a fish but it's fun to share experiences is it not. So here is a photo of that shadow bass with all eyes.

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Thanks for the cropping who ever did it. I left it a little larger thinking they could see it better. But at least now you do not have to scroll back and forth to see the whole image. Isn't he a Jewel.

I am going to the source to see for more today. I was also catching some darters there. Do not know what kind but they were full of black spot. Someone told me that goes away so I may bring some home today.

Going out to the source today I will keep you posted if I find some more or anything else I find. I found some darters there that I did not know what they were but did not bring them home because they were full of black spot. I may bring some home today because someone told me that goes away after a while.

how big do they get?

Any chance of grabbing some of those redspot sunfish off of you? I've had Shadow Bass before. Very cool fish.

how big do they get?

Book says eight if you believe books. But the book says 16 for a pumpkinseed also. I would say 6.5 to 7 range in a tank for shadow bass. But that is just my guess in past experience with other fish that do not match what books say. I used to catch pumkinseed all day up in Ontario where I lived for six years and if I caught a punkinseed seven inches I would have considered that a huge one. Again it depends on where you catch them. Some may debate this but I believe where the fish grows up has something to do with how big it gets. And I am not talking about stunting its growth in a small tank. These pumpkin seed I would catch in Ontario were in a small vegetated stream that led to larger lake. My usual catch was five to six inches tops. Now here in Tennessee where I live now I catch long ears in a stream here. If I catch a 7 inch one it would be very large for that stream. I have seen people catch them to eat in the Tennessee river and those things were as big as dinner plates. So believe what you may I believe it depends on where the fish grew up. I have read literature supporting this about stocking ponds. It said not to stock with green sunfish because they eat a lot, grow fast and stay small because they run out of food and they stunt but they will have a lot of small greens in the pond. Thats my story and I am sticking with it.

Book says eight if you believe books. But the book says 16 for a pumpkinseed also. I would say 6.5 to 7 range in a tank for shadow bass. But that is just my guess in past experience with other fish that do not match what books say. I used to catch pumkinseed all day up in Ontario where I lived for six years and if I caught a punkinseed seven inches I would have considered that a huge one. Again it depends on where you catch them. Some may debate this but I believe where the fish grows up has something to do with how big it gets. And I am not talking about stunting its growth in a small tank. These pumpkin seed I would catch in Ontario were in a small vegetated stream that led to larger lake. My usual catch was five to six inches tops. Now here in Tennessee where I live now I catch long ears in a stream here. If I catch a 7 inch one it would be very large for that stream. I have seen people catch them to eat in the Tennessee river and those things were as big as dinner plates. So believe what you may I believe it depends on where the fish grew up. I have read literature supporting this about stocking ponds. It said not to stock with green sunfish because they eat a lot, grow fast and stay small because they run out of food and they stunt but they will have a lot of small greens in the pond. Thats my story and I am sticking with it.

i recently caught a hybrid pumpkin that weighed 2 lbs.

i recently caught a hybrid pumpkin that weighed 2 lbs.

Where at, and did he taste good?? Photos??

Where at, and did he taste good?? Photos??

right here... *points to corner of lower lip* lol in oklahoma (stillwater)

man did he ever taste good. we made perch steaks instead of fillets out of him

right here... *points to corner of lower lip* lol in oklahoma (stillwater)

man did he ever taste good. we made perch steaks instead of fillets out of him

Not nice to tease you know. Let me know next time and I will drive over. Can't be to far from Chattanooga LOL