The small ones are sure shaped like a bass. I went out and caught about 40 of them this morning. Smallest about 3" with most 3.5-4".
Others mentioned eggs. These act like they are on a nest, because once I find them it is usually a matter of several tries and if I don't get them the first time, usually get them eventually in about the same spot.
Three pics below, two of the typical fish and the third what I was catching them on today.
Too bad their average size wasn't about a pound or two. Would be nice fish to catch, but few get big enough to be worth anything. I can remember eating them as a kid but they were usually small and bony. Bony would be my guess because they likely never got big enough for anyone to bother to fillet so we just cut the head off and scaled them.
Could probably catch smaller ones if I had a smaller jig and hook.
If I threw the line out too far, sometimes would catch one of the nice BG or a hybrid I had put in the pond on the same lure. Tried to avoid that and concentrate on getting some GSF out of the pond before they spawned.
