What is this fish?

[Brocktree250]

My friend caught a fish this summer and he doesn't know what it is.
I got this information from him:
-The fish looked like a bass but it didn't have a spiny first dorsal fin
-It was brown all over and got lighter closer to the belly
-It had sandpaper-like teeth, rather than large sparp teeth
-It didn't have and spines anywhere on it
-It didn't have any whiskers, barbels, spots, stripes or any other patterns on it whatsoever.
I drew this and he thinks this looks similar
I anyone knows any possible identifications on this fish it would be VERY much appreciated
Thanks

 

[Dugger]

cool drawing.... so it wasn't a smallmouth bass eh? How large was it? what did he catch it on? In still water or current? did it jump when hooked? my mind keeps going back to smallmouth...

 

[Dugger]

cool drawing.... so it wasn't a smallmouth bass eh? How large was it? what did he catch it on? In still water or current? did it jump when hooked? my mind keeps going back to smallmouth...

 

[mikea07]

That's some great detail in the eye.

I'm with Dugger here. We need some more info or an actual photo.

 

[getin]

Based on the photo and description, it is a cross between carp and bass :-D
But seriously, I think it is a bass, based on teeth and that it did not have whiskers

 

[Brocktree250]

Unfortunately he didn't get a picture and he just asked me if I knew.
He caught it off the end of his dock in more-or-less still water, with a worm I believe.
He didn't say anything about it jumping, he just brought it partially out of the water to unhook it, but it definately not a smallmouth as it did not have any spines.

 

[Brocktree250]

That's some great detail in the eye.

I'm with Dugger here. We need some more info or an actual photo.

Thanks

 

[MichaelVerdirame]

Bowfin or burbot?

Bowfin:

Burbot:

I hope it helps... sounds like a bowfin to me!

 

[Dugger]

hmmm cottage country = burbot, the tasty freshwater cod family member!

 

[Brocktree250]

Bowfin or burbot?

Bowfin:

Burbot:

I hope it helps... sounds like a bowfin to me!

I don't think that it was a bowfin because he said that it was completely brown, had sandpaper-like teeth and no patterns

 

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Freshwater drum perhaps?

Images:

 

[MichaelVerdirame]

Have him take a look at all of these?

http://www.artwell.on.ca/Fish_Id_back_fr2004.pdf