Rock  Bass

Though the characteristic red eye is not very apparent in the above picture, the rock bass is the red-eyed answer to this question. The Minnesota state record rock bass weighed two pounds and was caught in Lake Osakis (Mn DNR, 2000). The world record is three pounds. If these little beauties aren't wormy, they're actually not bad eating. Just pretend they're crappies, and cook em' up!
 
 

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  Photograph by Konrad Schmidt, James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History
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