Smallmouth or rockbass?? What the heck is it?!?

[Lindyrig81]

Caught two of these on tonka near diamond reef, 1st one I thought was a smally, this one im not sure about

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[DTro]

Rock bass for sure

[metro fisherman]

Agreed

[jeffyo45]

Definitely rock bass. They can be fun to catch.

[mrfish1991]

yup im going with rock bass too

[Chisox]

Rockbass

[frogtosser]

yup the good ol red eyed party fish

[Lindyrig81]

ok cool, thanks.. Ive fished tonka for 20+ years (since I was a kid) and I dont ever remember catching one there, I used to catch alot of them when we used to have a cabin in danbury,wi.. Havent seen one since!

The coloring was very nice on the one I caught, is that common? I dont know much about them, how big do they get? Anyone else run into them on tonka?

[Chisox]

I catch quite a few over in Wayzata Bay and I think the state record rockbass could come out of Tonka!!

[JBMasterAngler]

Unfortunately the state record rock bass will not come out of 'tonka because the record will come out of either gull lake or the whitefish chain when I go up there in september. Quality trophy rock bass fishing at it's finest!

[Lindyrig81]

whats the record now? they dont get much over a pound from what I read somewhere?

[sanka]

Record is 2 lb even

[JBMasterAngler]

Biggest I've caught is probably 3/4 pounds, but even the little ones will go after fairly big lures.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Dunno, If I had to guess I think Koronis has a shot at the rock bass record too.

[Infishquinn]

I thought I was going to catch the state record Rocko on a small lake in Brainerd when it was 1-8. My buddy and I caught several over a pound, the biggest was 1-6 during the last season I was in Brainerd. I could not believe someone shattered it, a 2lb Rocko, thats insane. I love the "red eyed party fish", thats hilarious. My buddies and I call them "red eyed devils".

[EBass]

Woman lake has some huge rockies and so does the sippi near Aitkin for some odd reason.

[New2TheFly]

I fish the crow wing river a few times each year and always manage to catch big Rockies. My biggest so far was 1 lb 8 oz. I'll be guys have caught 2 lb Rockies and just threw em back or never reported it to the dnr.

[anchor man]

JB Mast. I agree, I've always said the next st. record rock bass would be from the WFC. I've pulled some pretty beefy ones from it.

[Maximum12]

I'll third the Whitefish Chain! Those little b***** will go after anything. They seem to have particularly infected Bertha, I've almost given up bass fishing on that lake because they're freakin' everywhere.

[bronzeback]

Mississippi River in Brainerd, right up next to the generators at the dam. there are some absolutely chunky rockbass in there. they've all got the genetics(haha) and the forage base. only a matter of time.

[Infishquinn]

That is a fact, there are some big old rockos by the papermill dam!

[bobbymalone]

Can somebody post the pictures so that everyone can see? Believe or not, some of us are still holding out on that facebook phenomenon .

[Jagsballar19]

Thats right I fish Koronis and I've caught a few nice ones probably over a pound

[TUMBLEWEED]

Yup, seen plenty of "trophy" rockers up on

lower Whitefish. When I was a kid, we got one

seining minnows that was easily over the 2

pound state record. If you truely want to

target them, use a Gappen Ugly Bug. It imitates

a crawfish, which is the main food for them up

there.

[Lindyrig81]

did the facebook pictures not work? I will try to post some another way, I keep catching those on tonka, I went 0 for 25 yrs and now Ive caught about 5 or 6 this summer, wierd... They smack the rapalas like little sharks though

[Lindyrig81]

pics from tonka, rock bass

[bobbymalone]

Thanks for posting the pics another way. The facebook pics work great, as long as you have an account.

[mngirl]

Last summer on Shamineau there was a pocket of them right off the shore of my grandparent's land. I just stood in the water and cast a little way out, hook wouldn't be in the water more than 30 seconds and I would have one. Must have done that for about 1/2 hour to 45 min or so. It was great fun, for smaller fish they sure fight.