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[Fish2DMax]

I have been following this topic for some time and can offer some first hand knowledge. Many locals will simply refer to this as the common name Redeye Bass. I have attached a picture from 2012 of a 15" fish that was caught and released in Lake Hartwell near these coordinates 34.477599, -82.986752. Note the banded black vertical bars or blotches, which are not connected pattern on the side. In the water they are very colorful and look almost like a tiger stripe. Most of these fish we sample are ten inches long but occasionally you find a nicer sized one. Even the smaller ones show this black vertical bar coloration pattern.

 

An old article from The Augusta Chronicle is found here - http://chronicle.aug...av_525106.shtml

 

Attached is the picture I spoke of  Hartwell Redeye Apr2012.jpg   35.23KB   1 downloads and a Species of Conservation Concern information sheet from the State of South Carolina  bartramsredeyebass2015.pdf   182.17KB   5 downloads. 

 

So for a lively discussion topic I offer the query where are we on the Bartram's Bass issue and what will it take to make this a true Coosa Bass sub species?

[Michael Wolfe]

Here you might find this interesting... it is a few years old... and elevates other species, but not Bartram's... yet

 

http://forum.nanfa.o...-species-group/

[fritz]

As far as I know, Bud Freeman from UGA and Joe Quattro, USC are working on the description of the Bartram's Bass