Bass of a different color

After a two year absence from the Ohio river I started fishing it again this
past may, and it was by accident that this happened .[ Playing with a new
rod ].I tied a white rooster tail on and on the 4th or 5th cast I caught a
stripper . A little later a sauger then a drum .It went like this for about
an hour. All of this action came standing on the boat ramp. Lately I've been
catching LMB at the ramp feeding on shad or skip jacks but their color is
not the same as the lake LMB that I've caught. The LMB that I catch in the
river are a pale green and don't have such a distinctive lateral line as the
LMB that I catch in the lake Also I caught a LMB from the river that was
almost 21 inches long that had distinctive lake bass marking. All of the
pale green bass from the river are less than 13 inches. What would be the
common name of the pale green bass???Kentucky bass?? Spotted bass??

Thanks

Ken Blevins