fish ID?

[ken jan]

Can anyone ID this fish. I have been catching a bunch of them with the smallies on the Newark watershed reservoirs. If so does any one know the regulations on them?
thanks

[Gatto1227]

Rock bass

[ken jan]

thanks, do they have the same regulations as large mouth and small mouth bass?

That would be a Rock Bass....a/k/a Rocky Balboa!!!

[flyboy1]

Its a Rock Bass... Me and my buddy caught about 30 of them today in the Passaic River... 20 of them were a solid pound which is amazing size for this fish..

PS.. Rock Bass are not really bass, they are actually in the sunfish family

[Tony Cav]

Not a bad meal as well....

fry em up....day be gooooooo!

Dat is ...if you a grease fisherman.

[Sigma1073]

They fall under the same regs as the sunfish. Most places the is no min size and can keep up 25 combine of the fish under the same regs. Check out the the reg summay on the fish and game website. I actually printed out a small version of the id/regs and laminated it so I can check if I'm unsure when out fishing.

[ken jan]

Thanks guys, really appreciate the info. See you'll out on the water!
Couldn't find the Rock bass on the digest ?

[ken jan]

Along with the rock bass,
Been Trolling with shinners at 5'-10' fow, 4lb test ultralight gear, what a Blast.

[acabtp]

nice smallies!