Big Rock Bass

[LefroyFisherman]

Was out with Bray again yesterday, we caught some Panfish and I was messing around with worms also and hooked into a Monster Rock Bass, biggest I've ever caught. I need to work a little with him on his camera aiming. What's everyones biggest Rock bass? I know the Ontario record is 17 inches and around 3 pounds.

 

 

[Rizzo]

huge. We have a similar rock bass that lives under our dock. Poor bugger gets caught by the kids repeatedly but keeps coming back for more. They affectionately call him "Rocky"...my kids don't have the best imagination

[ketchenany]

Nice catch, I took  two of my grandkids at the Isabella St  pier  last Friday and they caught dinky perch. 

[AKRISONER]

simcoe to me consistently has the biggest rockbass I have ever seen. They are size of small largemouth its insane. Apparently they are delicious, our friends to the south are actually obsessed with them!

[misfish]

1 hour ago, AKRISONER said:

 Apparently they are delicious, our friends to the south are actually obsessed with them!

Not in soup water. Cold ya,I will eat .

[LefroyFisherman]

Kept one last week with some perch we caught, it wasn't too bad, not my favorite eating fish.

[tomO]

They fight like crazy for 2 seconds.

[crappieperchhunter]

3 hours ago, misfish said:

Not in soup water. Cold ya,I will eat .

Agreed Brian. I have a Marina on Simcoe I fish crappie and perch latter in the fall, and we get hog rock bass too. Tried them once in late fall...mid November if I recall, and I actually liked them better then crappie. Never really kept many though because we always managed lots of perch which are my favourite. Tried them from the same marina other times of the year and did not like them near as much and I have tried them out of the Kawartha's in the summer and they are garbage, for my tastes anyway.

[LefroyFisherman]

10 hours ago, Rizzo said:

huge. We have a similar rock bass that lives under our dock. Poor bugger gets caught by the kids repeatedly but keeps coming back for more. They affectionately call him "Rocky"...my kids don't have the best imagination

I'm pretty sure every kid would call a Big Rock Bass, Rocky! lol

[bigugli]

We've got some 14-15 inch rockies up in Nippissing in the past.

 

[SirCranksalot]

Will you have it mounted?😄

[LefroyFisherman]

2 minutes ago, SirCranksalot said:

Will you have it mounted?😄

Maybe I should, I have a bass and a perch replica lol, it was a beast. 

[kitesake]

On 8/5/2020 at 3:55 AM, LefroyFisherman said:

Was out with Bray again yesterday, we caught some Panfish and I was messing around with worms also and hooked into a Monster Rock Bass, biggest I've ever caught. I need to work a little with him on his camera aiming. What's everyones biggest Rock bass? I know the Ontario record is 17 inches and around 3 pounds.

 

 

basketball stars

This is the biggest Rock Bass I have ever seen. You have made an interesting discovery. Congrats