I have been catching these large minnows/baby fish in my usual mud minnow hole the last couple months, fat little things a bit larger than a mud minnow seem to have a blue/dark blue and brown color to them. Off a creek from the Folly River. Any ideas what they are, are they as good as mud minnows for bait?
Certainly looks like baby Sea Bass.
Not too likely to be good bait, if none around very much.
Just my .02 worth.
“The big one’s still swimming, let’s go.”
Looks to be a “Fat Sleeper”- dormitator maculatus- a large goby that’s also popular in saltwater aquaria
I would let them go personally- cool to catch, but lots of other fish out there to use as bait
Was thinking some type of baby bass as well…
Looks like a black sea bass to me, but I know better than arguing with Barbawang, he knows his stuff:smiley:
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Originally posted by Cracker Larrybut I know better than arguing with Barbawang
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>thank ya, sir… but i don’t ever see myself arguing over a BSB/sleeper/minnow/baitfish with the likes of you- or anyone else who frequents this website for the wealth of information and constructive discussion it offers.
borrowed images- see blue spot behind gill cover, splotchy gold scale patterned posterior, stripes on head
That’s why I know better than to argue with you about that sort of thing. You know a lot more about it than I do, and you have taught me some things over the years. Appreciate it 
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Swamp Worshiper
If I would guess, the one in your bottom picture would have been my guess for some type of bass (BSB) based on the size of the eye. The fish in the top photo has a much smaller eye, almost in-proportionate to the size of it’s head.
But honestly it would have only been a guess.
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Originally posted by barbawangthank ya, sir… but i don’t ever see myself arguing over a BSB/sleeper/minnow/baitfish with the likes of you- or anyone else who frequents this website for the wealth of information and constructive discussion it offers.
oh brother.
can I interesting you in a few hours of pointless reading over in the off topic section?
you know there’s thread over there with 19,000 hits!
“Enough hijacking, this is a major thread”
Well the main point is do they make good bait and catch fish?
Does look like the goby picture, was thinking a baby sea bass though since it feeds directly into the Folly River. Dont think I’ll be using these things as bait though.