Red Eye Devils

tc_mike · 08-08-2012, 01:37 PM

I catch 2 or 3 of these guys every week off the dock.

Geneva Point · 06-08-2013, 09:16 PM

I caught 5 of these critters today off my docks today. Never had them before now.

MikeF-NH · 06-10-2013, 10:32 AM

I do a yearly "kids outing" with my boys to target smallmouth, go swimming and hit 19 Mile Bay for ice cream and lunch this weekend. We do this during early June as it is a "numbers day" for smallmouth and we catch smallies until the kids complain their arms hurt. However, this year our numbers of smallies are way down and our rock bass catch is WWWAAYYY up. I'm not a scientist (though I did stay at Holiday Inn) but it seems these rock bass are impacting the smallmouth.

Warren T · 06-10-2013, 12:04 PM

Rock Bass most certainly effect small mouth and large mouth populations. At Lake Sunapee, they have taken over the lake. It's hard to find anything else. That's why I usually don't throw any rock bass back, good fertilizer....

secondcurve · 06-10-2013, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeF-NH

I do a yearly "kids outing" with my boys to target smallmouth, go swimming and hit 19 Mile Bay for ice cream and lunch this weekend. We do this during early June as it is a "numbers day" for smallmouth and we catch smallies until the kids complain their arms hurt. However, this year our numbers of smallies are way down and our rock bass catch is WWWAAYYY up. I'm not a scientist (though I did stay at Holiday Inn) but it seems these rock bass are impacting the smallmouth.

Mike:

Could it be the timing of the smallmouth bass spawn is different than prior years due to the weather?

06-10-2013, 12:04 PM	#4
Warren T Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 12 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Rock bass Rock Bass most certainly effect small mouth and large mouth populations. At Lake Sunapee, they have taken over the lake. It's hard to find anything else. That's why I usually don't throw any rock bass back, good fertilizer....

08-08-2012, 01:37 PM	#1
tc_mike Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 42 Thanks: 23 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts	I catch 2 or 3 of these guys every week off the dock.

06-08-2013, 09:16 PM	#2
Geneva Point Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 68 Thanks: 16 Thanked 30 Times in 18 Posts	I caught 5 of these critters today off my docks today. Never had them before now.

06-10-2013, 10:32 AM	#3
MikeF-NH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 318 Thanks: 2 Thanked 120 Times in 80 Posts	I do a yearly "kids outing" with my boys to target smallmouth, go swimming and hit 19 Mile Bay for ice cream and lunch this weekend. We do this during early June as it is a "numbers day" for smallmouth and we catch smallies until the kids complain their arms hurt. However, this year our numbers of smallies are way down and our rock bass catch is WWWAAYYY up. I'm not a scientist (though I did stay at Holiday Inn) but it seems these rock bass are impacting the smallmouth.