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spotted smallmouth hybrid?
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looks like a mean mouth to me, although it is a big one if that is the case. a mean mouth is a spotted bass and smallmouth hybrid.
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Yeah looks like a smallie/spot hybrid to me
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Its actually a Shoal Bass, caught in Georgia. No hybridization at all. They get up to 8 pounds and inhabit fast flowing rivers south of Atlanta.
Here is an article if yall want to read more. http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/...ure/index.html
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Informative and well written, I expect nothing less from an article passes along by WTL...
Thanks for sharing. Have you caught one before? If I remember correctly you are on a quest to catch every species of freshwater bass?
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I've caught several, although none like the pic I posted. Those guys in georgia are real lucky, they can catch sure enough trophy shoal bass. My biggest was around 2 pounds.
The only one I got to get is the Guadelupe bass.
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In that I am far too lazy research it on my own, when will you enlighten me in regards to the elusive Guadelupe bass?
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http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/gdb/
Wish I could find a better writeup, but thats one of them. They are only found in central Texas, the Llano, Guadelupe and San Marcos rivers among others. These rivers from pictures are beautiful places to fish, clear water with big skies over the top. Unfortunatly they stocked smallmouth into the same streams in the 80s and quickly realised that they tended to hybridize with the Guads, but they may have started getting that under control. Reb might know something, thats his territory. There is supposedly another bass that hasnt been reconized yet over near South Carolina called Bartrams bass. I don't have to get that until a scientist decides to describe it officially, which is a lengthy process. All of these other basses are in ranges south of the smallmouth, and while science might differ, I suspect considering how they all tend to resemble smallmouth these are all species that arose out of populations of smallmouth or perhaps spots being isolated by warming temperatures long enough to evolve into distinct species.
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WTL,
According to Wikipedia, (aka "Wiki"), the Shoal Bass is a black bass. Just look at sentence number two under the supplied link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoal_bass Edit or fact? |
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Here you see there are notably seven species of black basses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_basses |
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Black bass is any bass of the genus micropterus of which there are currently 7 recognized species, Shoal being one of them, as I said.
I'm not sure what you are looking for clarification of or whatnot.
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Nope, we're good. I just thought you said there were five species in your "Florida Trip" post, but I read it wrong.
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I can't find anything on the "Bartram's Bass". Have you found any articles?
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http://fishing.about.com/od/bassfish...ss_species.htm
That gives a little nod to Bartrams bass. It was noted by an english naturalist on his visit to the continent over a century ago, hence the name. It is not recongized right now as another species so information will be limited.
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that is a smally spot cross.
the fish we are talking about in this thread is a largy
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Fluke, read the entire thread. Geez
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Smallies are also known as bronze backs. that is deff' a large mouth!!!!!!
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Fluke, where have you been?
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The fish in the first pic is a largemouth. There are a few I.D. keys about a spotted bass that separate them apart. On a largemouth bass, the jaw bone when the moth is shut will go past the eye of the fish, on a lspottedbass the jaw bone will not go past the eye. Spots have a patch of teeth on their tounge, but sometimes largemouth's will too. Spots are usally more model brown and with the really white belly, but color is poor to use for and identification key since environmental factors can affect a fish's color!
That fish looks like a smallie... and if its not then Im guessing its a different species of largemouth like a shoal or swannie. Good fishin |
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