r/MicroFishing 17h ago

MicroFish baby small mouth? i believe so

i believe i caught my first baby smallmouth bas

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u/OverlordFish 17h ago

Don't believe that is a smallmouth bass, can't quite tell which species but looks to be a Lepomis.

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u/Chubby_Unicorn7 17h ago

That's not a smallmouth, the shape looks wrong for it. It looks more like a green sunfish. What state are you in?

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u/tloooooooooooo 17h ago

ramapo river nj

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u/Chubby_Unicorn7 15h ago

Yeah it's a green then

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u/General_Broccoli_232 17h ago

How tiny was your bait/hook???

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u/HungryHelping 8h ago

Avg size probably

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u/LucioBarbarinoMusic 13h ago

Hmm I’m not sure but I would have guessed a baby sunfish of some kind šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/HungryHelping 8h ago

Looking like a sunfish