07-13-05, 11:55 AM
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large and smallies
is there a way you can tell by lookin at the fish if it is a large or smallmouth bass?
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07-13-05, 12:03 PM
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AHHHH yes the large mouth has a very lage mout nad the smallie has a real small mouth.
smallie large mouth. notice size of mouth. robby.
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07-13-05, 12:08 PM
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http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=7
http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=6 read this and youll know the difference! Robby.  smallie  largemouth
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07-13-05, 12:19 PM
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Actually, they both have the same sized mouth. The eye is just in a different location.
 But yeah, there are two basic and easy ways to tell them apart: 1. With mouth closed, if the back part of the lip goes past the eye, it is a largemouth, if not, a smallmouth. 2. Look at the two dorsal fins. Do they appear more to be two seperate fins, or more joined together? Joined = smallmouth, seperated = largemouth. Also, as those beautiful pictures show, the colors are usually different. That's why up here in Maine we call smallies Bronzebacks. |
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07-13-05, 12:26 PM
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Also they say smallies have reddish eyes and largies dont.
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07-13-05, 12:32 PM
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Like sluggo said (Lone, you are messing me up with the name change
 )-look at the jaw. If it hinges in front of the eye it is a smallie, behind the eye a largemouth.
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07-13-05, 04:46 PM
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also, smallies are darker in color than most largemouths. I used to have a fishing buddy who swore every bass he caught so far was a smallmouth because he couldnt fit his fist inside its mouth. Some old-timer taught him that one, but now he's all screwed up. lol
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07-14-05, 02:12 PM
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lgmouths also have the lateral line down there side as with smallies they have vertical stripes and smalles fight more in my opinion
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