Sorry for the really terrible picture, but I was wondering if someone could help me identify what fish this is.  Are there any identifying features from this angle?  Perhaps a young smallmouth?

 

Thanks!

 

Looks like a smallmouth

 

Yup, definitely has a small mouth.

 

Roger

 

Thanks guys!  Sorry for my double post -- I'm not sure what happened to my computer there.

Smallie...no doubt

19 minutes ago, phils8 said:

Thanks guys!  Sorry for my double post -- I'm not sure what happened to my computer there.

 

No problem at all...we've all done worse 

 

Roger

 

2 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

No problem at all...we've all done worse 

 

Roger

 

Speak for yourself.

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

Speak for yourself.

 

I'm not sure what possessed me, to speak for everyone.

WOW...is my face red      

 

 

46 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

I'm not sure what possessed me, to speak for everyone.

WOW...is my face red      

 

 

LOL It's all good. I'm the last person who would be considered a saint. I was named after a saint but that doesn't mean I am one.

24 minutes ago, slonezp said:

I was named after a saint but that doesn't mean I am one.

 

Hopefully you know my response was sardonic (whatever that means).

I confess, I didn't even know there was a Saint Octavius     

 

Roger

2 minutes ago, RoLo said:

 

Hopefully you know my response was sardonic (whatever that means).

I confess, I didn't even know there was a Saint Octavious     

 

Roger

Saint Octopus? I might be schizophrenic, but I certainly don't have 8 personalities.  

On 6/21/2020 at 5:09 PM, slonezp said:

...I was named after a saint but that doesn't mean I am one.

Bernard?

 

Louis?

There are 9 black bass species and coloration isn't a common denominator to identify bass. The photo doesn't clearly show a side view, dorsal fin, jaw to eye location, scales at the base of the tail etc, etc.

Without knowing where the bass was caught, what regional area, it's not possible to make anything but a WAG!

Tom

There is a online test you can take to tell the different between a LM and a Spot... I never get a perfect 100% on it.  Like 90 lol 

This was caught in a good sized reservoir in eastern Massachusetts, about 10 yards from the shoreline (3 inch plastic worm).  I'm pretty new to fishing in general and decided to just go on a whim a little bit ago.  Somehow I got lucky and caught a bunch of sunfish without really knowing what I was doing, but now I'm hooked.  Now I just need to learn how to take a better selfie while holding a fish

 

Just yesterday I hooked what looked like a much larger bass, but I lost it right as I was getting it out of the water.  I don't think I've been so frustrated in a long time!

1 hour ago, WRB said:

There are 9 black bass species and coloration isn't a common denominator to identify bass. The photo doesn't clearly show a side view, dorsal fin, jaw to eye location, scales at the base of the tail etc, etc.

Without knowing where the bass was caught, what regional area, it's not possible to make anything but a WAG!

Tom

Good points Tom!

 

With that being said, I agree with the guess of smallmouth.....

8 minutes ago, Steveo-1969 said:

Good points Tom!

 

With that being said, I agree with the guess of smallmouth.....

Looks more like a shoal bass or red eye bass if from the southern region, Guadalupe bass if from Texas and a smallmouth I'd from the northern region.....who knows?

Tom

15 minutes ago, WRB said:

Looks more like a shoal bass or red eye bass if from the southern region, Guadalupe bass if from Texas and a smallmouth I'd from the northern region.....who knows?

Tom

In a later post the OP mentioned he caught it in an Eastern Massachusetts reservoir. And he promised to learn how to take better pics and selfies in the future! ?

Guilty of not reading the entire thread.

Tom