Wiper Identification

[DonInDenver]

For those of you (like me) who sometimes have difficulty telling the difference between wipers and white bass, there is an excellent chart on the Kansas Fish & Game website. It is located at: [url "http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/fishing/fish_id_gallery"]http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/fishing/fish_id_gallery[/url]
and click on [url "http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/content/download/7064/34350/file/Poster%20Fish%20ID%20Temper%20Bass.pdf"]Fish Identification Poster Temperate Bass Family[/url].
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[DonInDenver]

I hear ya! Filet those puppies up, cut the red meat out, a little flour, cornmeal, salt and pepper and into the hot oil bath. Yum!!
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[DonInDenver]

My guess is you were catching largemouth. The smallmouth I have caught in Colorado have all been more brown or bronze than green. With a largemouth, the jaw extends beyond the eye. On a smallmouth it terminates below the eye and does not extend beyond. Here are pictures of both.
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