Sam Dam Bass Fishing Reports

[getthenet]

Fished here yesterday........very very slow....fish had lock jaw!! Caught a picheral and a calico bass. Not good at all!!  Tried everything! Caught these on top water.

[Mike Cork]

Calico Bass? whats another name for that? I think that is what we call a rock bass of maybe a goggle eye have you ever heard them called that?

[getthenet]

Calico Bass? whats another name for that? I think that is what we call a rock bass of maybe a goggle eye have you ever heard them called that?

Don't know if that is another name for them. You would think a small mouth bass would have that name!!

[Mike Cork]

Do they look like a small mouth?

[getthenet]

Do they look like a small mouth?

well, they have a small mouth but their shape is different. I'm going to see if i can look up some info......

[Dave B]

When I was young(er) my dad called Crappie, Calico Bass. I grew up thinking that the Bassmaster magazine didn't know what they were talking about. but after close examination my dad was mistaken. I have heard of a few folks in our area call them that though.

[Tritonrob]

Calico bass is northern name for a Crappie.  Don't know why and it only seems like tis in the RI/ southern Mass area that it gets called this.  Aslo we call sunfish or bluegills kivers.  Why??? Must a northern thing.

[Mike Cork]

Guess it is like us Louisianans calling them Sac-a-lait