1 hour ago, desmobob said:

I've read that enough times that I don't doubt it, but here in Northeastern NY, they hit almost any lure, fight like crazy for about five seconds, then come dragging in on the surface with their mouth open, scooping water.  If they didn't have their mouth open creating that extra drag, you'd think they got off... 

and I’m in western Ny

50 minutes ago, J Francho said:

they're all bite and no fight here too

I was just on Irondequoit Bay last week and they wouldn’t give up. Even after they were in the boat

I caught about a hundred of them a couple weekends ago. 
 

https://plan-b.smugmug.com/Family/Fishing-Journal/i-tSNVJLt

Rock Bass are good eatin' as well

They are delicious. 

14 hours ago, gimruis said:

Ah yes, the infamous Rocky.  The distant, ugly cousin of the bass family that no one wants to associate with.

Way too annoying indeed.

On 6/14/2021 at 7:35 AM, GTN-NY said:

Totally different here. A 10” rock bass here fights to the death and you’d swear you hooked a 2lb bass

I caught a slew of them a few seasons ago at Mahopac Lake. On that day they'd hit hard, fight for a second or two, then pancake. Like reeling in a potato chip.

This PB rock bass that I caught in lake maxincuckee in 2019 fought pretty hard!