White Bass (Morone chrysops)


White Bass
Morone chrysops

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Moronidae
Genus: Morone
Species: M. chrysops

The white bass is a wide-bodied fish with an overall dark bluish green to gray color with yellow eyes. The two dorsal fins—spiny and soft—are completely separated. The white bass has stripes running laterally down its sides that may be broken. The lower jaw sticks out further than the upper jaw on the mouth. A tooth patch is present on the tongue.


Fishing Spots
Name Location
Roberts Creek Eureka, NV
Rose Creek Hawthorne, NV
Rough Creek Lyon County, NV
Ruby Lake NWR Elko, NV
Rye Patch Reservoir Lovelock, NV
Sacramento Pass Pond Ely, NV
Salmon Falls Creek Jackpot, NV
San Juan Creek Austin, NV
Seemand Pond Minden, NV
Sheep Creek Reservoir Owyhee, NV
Silver Creek Reservoir Baker, NV
Silver Peak Pond Nivloc, NV
Sonoma Creek Winnemucca, NV
South Fork Reservoir Elko, NV
Sparks Marina Park Pond Sparks, NV
Spooner Lake Glenbrook, NV
Sportsmans Park Pond Tonopah, NV
Squaw Creek Reservoir Gerlach, NV
Star Creek Mill City, NV
Steptoe Creek McGill, NV
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