Here is a very good link for how to separate the 3 buffalo fish: smallmouth, bigmouth, and the black. Note the two pictures above are of different fish. The bottom picture has a summer open water background not a picture of the ice fishing snagged fish.
http://obscureadventures.com/2020/0...lack-buffalo-how-to-tell-the-difference/

Last edited by Bill Cody; 02/08/21 08:17 PM.

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