Fished here yesterday........very very slow....fish had lock jaw!! Caught a picheral and a calico bass. Not good at all!! :( Tried everything! Caught these on top water.
Calico Bass? whats another name for that? I think that is what we call a rock bass of maybe a goggle eye have you ever heard them called that?
Quote from: Mike on August 01, 2004, 10:10:18 PM
Calico Bass? whats another name for that? I think that is what we call a rock bass of maybe a goggle eye have you ever heard them called that?
Don't know if that is another name for them. You would think a small mouth bass would have that name!! ???
Do they look like a small mouth?
Quote from: Mike on August 09, 2004, 04:38:13 PM
Do they look like a small mouth?
well, they have a small mouth but their shape is different. I'm going to see if i can look up some info......
When I was young(er) my dad called Crappie, Calico Bass. I grew up thinking that the Bassmaster magazine didn't know what they were talking about. but after close examination my dad was mistaken. I have heard of a few folks in our area call them that though.
Calico bass is northern name for a Crappie. Don't know why and it only seems like tis in the RI/ southern Mass area that it gets called this. Aslo we call sunfish or bluegills kivers. Why??? Must a northern thing.
Guess it is like us Louisianans calling them Sac-a-lait ;)