Rob G Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Is this a spotted bass or some hybrid? Smallmouth body shape and mouth but the lateral line demarcation of a largemouth. It did have a faint small grayish spot on his "tongue". A very agressive fish, missed my topwater fly 4 times on 4 casts before he finally connected on the 5th. Normally you might get a second strike but rarely a third strike from the same fish in these clear waters. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ferguson Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Is this a spotted bass or some hybrid? Smallmouth body shape and mouth but the lateral line demarcation of a largemouth. It did have a faint small grayish spot on his "tongue". A very agressive fish, missed my topwater fly 4 times on 4 casts before he finally connected on the 5th. Normally you might get a second strike but rarely a third strike from the same fish in these clear waters. Thanks That's a spotted bass. The spot on his tongue is a confirmation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 That's a spotted bass. The spot on his tongue is a confirmation. Yes, it's a Spot. Please don't call it a Spottie. The spotted look of the belly below the lateral line is also a good clue along with a rough prickly tongue if you remember how it felt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ferguson Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Yes, it's a Spot. Please don't call it a Spottie. The spotted look of the belly below the lateral line is also a good clue along with a rough prickly tongue if you remember how it felt. Who called it a Spottie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted September 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Mike, though I do often give the fish a quick peck on the cheek before releasing, I don't really make a habit of feeling the tongue of a fish so I can't tell you if it was rough but the spot was very small and very faint and that's why I asked. I have caught Spots on different rivers than this one but their mouth and jaw extension came much closer to approximating a largemouth. Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Ok, so tonight's version of "Name this fish" Is this 14"er an Indiana trout? Bzzzzz, I'm sorry but that's incorrect but thanks for playing. Is it a Spottie? Pause, Judges??? Ding! That is correct sir, we would accept Spottie or some kind of Shad! Tell the gentleman what he has won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy C Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Skipjack herring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 It seems Andy is correct and our judges were wrong. Thanks for playing Andy and your prize is in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Looks like a spotted bass to me...but the color is a little off, not sure if its just the picture, but it may be a smallie/spot hybrid. We catch allot of smallie/spot hybrids on some of the streams around here. The tooth patch isnt a foolproof indicator...a small percentage of largemouth bass have it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Mike, I have to hand it to you, you had me rubbing the "tongue" of several fish during the last two evenings. Two nights ago when I caught the Skipjack Herring (thank you Andy), I caught three more spots, not from the same hole but in the same area of the river that was slow and wide with little current. All their tongues were rough as you stated but the "spot" sure wasn't very obvious. Tonight I headed to a little 6 acre pond and caught more than a dozen largemouth at dusk and well after dark on a black popper and found that you were correct in that their tongues were smooth. Amazing what one can learn on the intra web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Mike, I have to hand it to you, you had me rubbing the "tongue" of several fish during the last two evenings. Two nights ago when I caught the Skipjack Herring (thank you Andy), I caught three more spots, not from the same hole but in the same area of the river that was slow and wide with little current. All their tongues were rough as you stated but the "spot" sure wasn't very obvious. Tonight I headed to a little 6 acre pond and caught more than a dozen largemouth at dusk and well after dark on a black popper and found that you were correct in that their tongues were smooth. Amazing what one can learn on the intra web. Rob Here's one fellow that is disapointed with what he learned on the net. Big Mouth Billy is actually a Spot. The markings below the lateral line and the lack of separation betweem the dorsal fins are the giveaway. He does not have a rough tongue, but he can sing Take Me to the River. A Largemouth would want to go to a lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bterrill Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 LMB also have spots. Below is an article I wrote a while back that will help. After you've been around KY Spotted bass you'll know them in a quick glance. Really not hard to identify there are some key characteristics to look for here: Spot or Not how to identify the Spotted bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Swiech Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 So add a red eye to that fish and what do you get? Whatever you get I caught one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted September 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 So add a red eye to that fish and what do you get? Whatever you get I caught one. A cross between a Rock bass and a Spottie, errr... a Rottie or a Spock? Or at least that "seems logical to me" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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