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
Cave Lake Ely, NV
Chiatovich Creek Dyer, NV
Chimney Dam Reservoir Winnemucca, NV
Cleve Creek Ely, NV
Cold Creek Reservoir Eureka, NV
Cold Springs Reservoir Lund, NV
Colorado River  
Colorado River - Laughlin Laughlin, NV
Colorado River - Riviera AZ
Colorado River - Willow Beach Willow Beach, NV
Comins Lake Ely, NV
Crittenden Reservoir Montello, NV
Crystle Peak Pond Verdi, NV
Dacey Reservoir Preston, NV
Davis Creek Park Pond Washoe Valley, NV
Desert Creek Wellington, NV
Dorsey Reservoir Elko, NV
Dry Creek Reservoir Owyhee, NV
Duck Pond NV,
Dufurrena Ponds Virgin Valley, NV
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