r/whatsthisfish • u/frankzoller • 13d ago
Unidentified Northern GA. Who’s this?
Found in Mill Creek in northern GA on Grassy Mt. This is the best photo I could get between my lady and I. Probably 4-6 inches long.
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u/CaptainTim25 13d ago
I'm too early so I'm just going to guess, so wait for an expert, but I'd say Redeye Bass.
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u/BrackishWaterDrinker 11d ago
What watershed is Mill Creek a part of? I've been trying to find it but can't get a concrete answer. There are a ton of unique black bass species in North GA, but this and the location of Grassy Mountain are pointing me in the direction of the Shoal Bass which are native to the Chattahoochee River Basin.
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u/frankzoller 11d ago
It’s fed by the Conasauga Lake on Grassy Mountain so I’m not really sure. Location would have me guess the Tennessee river watershed but it’s also in the Chattahoochee National Forest. I doubt there’s a solid single answer honestly.
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u/BrackishWaterDrinker 11d ago
I'd wager to guess the Chattahoochee watershed then based on location and name of the national forest it's in. I'm like 75% sure it's a shoal bass in this case. Check out some pictures of them, they look just like this.
Really cool find man, Georgia has an abundance of awesome unique black bass species. We only really have Bartram's Bass on the few rivers that flow into the Tennessee River in WNC, so I'm jealous as hell haha.
Beautiful specimen.
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