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B-rad Major Contributor Brad-Bassmaster26107 Posts: 1,965	Big Walnut Creek? Sept 17, 2010 17:11:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by B-rad on Sept 17, 2010 17:11:17 GMT -5 now the middle mouth, could it be a spotted bass?
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Big Walnut Creek? Sept 17, 2010 19:25:09 GMT -5

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Sept 17, 2010 17:11:17 GMT -5 B-rad said:

now the middle mouth, could it be a spotted bass?

Thats what i was thinking, but a few guys i showed them too think diffrent. I still think they are spotted bass. Whatever they are they put up a HECK of a fight! I put some in MY pond over the summer and Love catching them!! I'll let you guys be the judge.

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bcamp2291 Junior Member Posts: 72	Big Walnut Creek? Sept 17, 2010 20:24:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bcamp2291 on Sept 17, 2010 20:24:18 GMT -5 those are spots for sure. look at the jaw. it doesn't go past the eye. largemouth go past the eye.
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Big Walnut Creek? Sept 18, 2010 13:33:16 GMT -5

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bcamp is correct, Indiana has three bass, the Largemouth (corner of jaw BEHIND the eye when mouth shut) , Spotted Bass aka. Kentucky Bass, Middle Mouth, and a whole bunch of other names( Corner of the jaw AT the eye) and of course the Smallmouth (Corner of the jaw IN FRONT of the eye) Thats how you tell em apart and the same way a CO will tell them apart in a fish kill situation when the fish have lost there color and are all white.

Spot Bass put up a great fight, I am not sure if they are a true hybrid cross between a largemouth and smallmouth, because they do breed but it surely can happen. In Ky where some of my family live its just about the only kind of bass they have. I believe they can breed with smallmouth and largemouth though but they will keep the jaw location. Those are some nice fish, hit the waters in the spring and early summer for some bigger ones.

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Greenedog Administrator Posts: 8,034	Big Walnut Creek? Sept 18, 2010 13:42:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Greenedog on Sept 18, 2010 13:42:24 GMT -5 Congrats anthony! Looks like a nice spot. Those smallies are healthy looking, they've got bellies like mine!
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B-rad Major Contributor Brad-Bassmaster26107 Posts: 1,965	Big Walnut Creek? Sept 18, 2010 17:09:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by B-rad on Sept 18, 2010 17:09:53 GMT -5 posiedon is right you need to check the corner of the jaw with its mouth closed and that should tell you.
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Big Walnut Creek? Sept 18, 2010 18:40:20 GMT -5

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I have allways agreed they are spotted bass, thanks for the reassurance guys. As far as inter breeding goes, i don't believe they are a lareg/small mouth hybrid, but i do know that when the Small mouth and the Spotted bass Breed togeather, they are known as a "MEAN MOUTH" and MAN O MAN DO I WANT ONE!!!

Heres some pics of the MEAN MOUTH BASS

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trout718 Junior Member Posts: 60	Big Walnut Creek? Sept 19, 2010 13:48:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by trout718 on Sept 19, 2010 13:48:31 GMT -5 I caught a lot of those bass that look like hybrids when I fished the walnut. I think they are spotted bass.

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