The Walleye has yellow-olive coloring with a brassy cast. The sides of the fish are brassy-yellow with dark mottling. The belly is white. You will find a dark spot at the rear of the spiny dorsal fin. The anal fin and lower lobe of the tail fin are white.
Eyes are opaque-silver in color.
Moderate canine-like teeth. Smallmouth Bass most often are bronze to brownish green in color, with dark vertical bars on the sides. In contrast to the Largemouth bass, the upper jaw does not extend beyond the rear margin of the eye. The eye of the Smallmouth bass is reddish in color. Largemouth Bass have a very large mouth with the upper jaw of the adult extending beyond the rear margin of the eye.