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meepster
06-13-2006, 7:36 PM
On sunday, I caught a 10 inch bluegill, and a 4 inch hybrid bass (hybrid between a white perch and something else I believe. It has horizontal broken bars)

Here are some pics:

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/8929/dvc001066bp.jpg
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3050/dvc001073fn.jpg

I'm kind of new here so sorry if the pics are too big.

EDIT: its 4 inches not 3 for the bass
stingray4540
06-13-2006, 11:08 PM
thats a good sized bluegill! they aren't very good pics but I think that looks like a white bass.
magic
06-13-2006, 11:32 PM
That is a good sized bluegill!!
Bigger than mine ever grew in my aquarium. Nice bass too.
ewurm
06-13-2006, 11:33 PM
I think thats a white bass too.
mssassysan2000
06-13-2006, 11:37 PM
That's a slab bluegill and that's a silverbass they get huge.
fisher12889
06-14-2006, 12:42 AM
C:\Documents and Settings\Chaz\My Documents\My Pictures\Wiper\Wiper 002.jpgI think its a wiper, which is a cross between a white bass and a striped bass. They have broken stripes. This is a picture of an 18 pounder I caught. It was 32". The fish in its mouth is a 15" walleye my friend caught, I put it there for kicks lol
fisher12889
06-14-2006, 12:42 AM
I guess that didnt work. Here it is....
Bassman89
06-14-2006, 2:01 AM
I guess that didnt work. Here it is....

hey buddy...nobody wants to see that pic of that little ass wiper...thats prolly the smallest wiper ive ever seen caught...id be embarresed if i were you
fisher12889
06-14-2006, 2:11 AM
hey buddy...nobody wants to see that pic of that little ass wiper...thats prolly the smallest wiper ive ever seen caught...id be embarresed if i were you
Lets see yours then! lol None of you guys have to listen to anything he says! :ROFL:
Bassman89
06-14-2006, 2:19 AM
Lets see yours then! lol None of you guys have to listen to anything he says! :ROFL:

you guys know how they walleye fit in his wipers mouth??? well fisher12889s wiper could have fit in my wipers mouth....:grinno:
fisher12889
06-14-2006, 2:56 AM
you guys know how they walleye fit in his wipers mouth??? well fisher12889s wiper could have fit in my wipers mouth....:grinno:
:ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:
sandtiger
06-14-2006, 3:43 PM
That's a huge bluegill, what size tank do you have those fish in? How are they adapting? I find that larger older fish have a much more difficult time adjusting to captivity than young fish.
meepster
06-14-2006, 6:28 PM
UPDATE: The bluegill is still alive and eating. The bass I found out was a chesapeke or a hudson strain which had broken bars because wipers don't live in Massachusetts. The bass isn't eating however.... (I'm feeding earthworms)

Uhh... I hope no one raids my hosue lol. Its not legal to take a bass that small.

(What happened to the edit button?? lol)
meepster
06-14-2006, 6:29 PM
That's a huge bluegill, what size tank do you have those fish in? How are they adapting? I find that larger older fish have a much more difficult time adjusting to captivity than young fish.

The bluegill and the bass are both in a 55 right now. I put them in a 5.5 for photographing then I put them back in the 55.

The bluegill is eating the eathworms I'm putting in, but the bass isn't eating.
Honda12
06-14-2006, 6:32 PM
Try some rosys for the bass. I just got a 10in sunfish the other day and he just demolishes them.
meepster
06-14-2006, 6:53 PM
Try some rosys for the bass. I just got a 10in sunfish the other day and he just demolishes them.

Already tried those. I put in some gambusia too... they're still alive. None of them eats them lol
Honda12
06-14-2006, 6:54 PM
Thats wierd, you would think they would be all over them.
Chad55
06-14-2006, 7:18 PM
That bluegill might be intimidating to him. Bluegill are nasty I would watch out. He might be the reason your bass isn't eating.

Chad
meepster
06-14-2006, 7:34 PM
actually... they are the best od friends... Whenever I walk near the tank, the bass likes to huddle behind the bluegill.
Chad55
06-14-2006, 8:09 PM
I have no clue then?

Chad
fisher12889
06-14-2006, 8:26 PM
All species of temperate bass (striped bass, white bass, yellow bass, etc) are major fish eaters. I have very rarely caught them on worms while fishing, 99% of the time it is on a baitfish or crawdad imitaion, so if you can get crawdads small enough try them, or if you could collect some native baitfish, that might work too. Good luck! I had a small wiper about 5" in my aquarium and I couldnt get it to eat either!
dredcon
06-14-2006, 9:14 PM
My white bass ate only minnows when I fisht got him. Over time it began to eat earthworms then pellets.
Bassman89
06-14-2006, 11:06 PM
yes..ive caught almost all of by bass on either worms or minnows...just wait longer...not once have i ever seen a fish starve...he'll eat eventually
meepster
06-14-2006, 11:19 PM
he must be eating something.... Theres a worm screwing around the bottom of hte tank which means that hte bluegill is full.

The feeder shrimp and 1 of the gambusia affinis have disappeared so I assume that hes eating behind my (or rather the bluegill's) back.

I really hate how the edit button disappears after someone posts after you.

Also, I kinda want to sell him on aquabid... but I am afraid because I took the bass illegally. 4 inches is nowhere near the legal bag size lol.
meepster
06-16-2006, 1:21 AM
anyone wanna buy em off me?? I'll let em go for like 5-10 bucks plus 5 bucks shipping. I already have em on aquabid so if you want em, get em now before someone bids.
fisher12889
06-16-2006, 1:37 AM
Id like to buy the bass, but I dont have room!
fishyz
06-16-2006, 10:12 AM
All species of temperate bass (striped bass, white bass, yellow bass, etc) are major fish eaters. I have very rarely caught them on worms while fishing, 99% of the time it is on a baitfish or crawdad imitaion, so if you can get crawdads small enough try them, or if you could collect some native baitfish, that might work too. Good luck! I had a small wiper about 5" in my aquarium and I couldnt get it to eat either!
You should get ready for a big bill on food for that thing because of this.
noreaster
06-16-2006, 10:16 AM
Is that what this thing is ?
:D
white bass, white perch ?



http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/100_1858.jpg
fishyz
06-16-2006, 10:20 AM
I like the stugeon.
meepster
06-17-2006, 3:54 PM
Is that what this thing is ?
:D
white bass, white perch ?



http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/Nor_Easter/100_1858.jpg

lesee.. black fins, no bars, its a perch
meepster
06-17-2006, 3:58 PM
The bluegill and the bass are both for sale for $5 lol. Shipping is also $5 (2 day priority mail)
fisher12889
06-17-2006, 5:52 PM
Id have to say its a white perch, they dont get very big, id be suprised if it gets more than 12" or so.
sandtiger
06-17-2006, 8:25 PM
The bluegill and the bass are both for sale for $5 lol. Shipping is also $5 (2 day priority mail)

Your going to try to ship them? A 10" bluegill? If you didn't want them you should not have kept them and let them stay in the wild. Selling native fish is also illegal without a permit.
meepster
06-18-2006, 12:05 AM
Your going to try to ship them? A 10" bluegill? If you didn't want them you should not have kept them and let them stay in the wild. Selling native fish is also illegal without a permit.

*pulls out commercial permit* I do want them... I was jsut hoping to make a couple of bucks on them because I am kinda low on cash.
Bassman89
06-18-2006, 3:02 PM
Your going to try to ship them? A 10" bluegill? If you didn't want them you should not have kept them and let them stay in the wild. Selling native fish is also illegal without a permit.

meh...its not illegal until they catch you as they say...:naughty:
matthew112687
06-18-2006, 3:33 PM
Thats awesome..
meepster
06-19-2006, 2:06 AM
meh...its not illegal until they catch you as they say...:naughty:

someone said the same thing on aquabid lol
fisher12889
06-19-2006, 2:10 AM
someone said the same thing on aquabid lol
lol its a great policy though, and I'm not going to argue w/ it because if you think about it its true!:thumbsup:
meepster
06-21-2006, 5:52 AM
Well, the bluegill commited suicide by banging itself on the hood and died. I weighed it and its not even close to a state record lol. The state record is 1 pound and my (now dead) bluegill is only 5 ounces.

The bass is sold too.
Bassman89
06-21-2006, 1:47 PM
thats too bad about the bluegill...ive never heard of a fish do that before
fisher12889
06-22-2006, 5:37 AM
Well, the bluegill commited suicide by banging itself on the hood and died. I weighed it and its not even close to a state record lol. The state record is 1 pound and my (now dead) bluegill is only 5 ounces.

The bass is sold too.
Ive had my fish bang their heads against the sides, but never the top lol. Thats too bad, a 10" bluegill is a nice fish!