![]() The species is best identified by its yellow body color, which becomes especially pronounced during its February through March spawning season.Īnother distinguishing characteristic it shares with no other member of the family is that the black bars on the lower half of the fish, near the anal (belly) fin, are broken and offset, like an earthquake created a fault line. Although Halbrook’s 2-pound, 10-ounce fish is the largest on record, anything approaching ¾ pound is a good fish in Louisiana. The yellow bass is the smallest in the clan. When fishermen aren’t busy lumping them all indiscriminately under the name “striper,” these two species are commonly called “barfish.”īeyond the fact that both have needle-like fin spines, as well as razor-sharp gill covers that can gash a careless fisherman’s hand open, they are distinctly different. Yellow and white bass are more common in Louisiana than striped bass. ![]() They just don’t jump as much as their more-glamorous cousin. All three are extremely hard fighters, and pound for pound will outfight a largemouth bass. Those three - along with their Atlantic Coast cousin, the white perch (not what we call white perch in Louisiana) - make up the family Moronidae, commonly called temperate basses, an entirely different family than the black basses.Īll three gamefish voraciously attack artificial lures and live baits, especially in the cooler months of the year.
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