1099gl Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 anybody ever catch one? they look really cool. Quote
livetofish28 Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 There was a thread about it a little while ago posted by Nitrofreak. it had a couple pics and stuff in it tight lines Andrew Quote
bmlum415 Posted June 30, 2014 Posted June 30, 2014 Yeah I have, they fight a lot harder than spots and smallies IMO Quote
cbass12 Posted July 1, 2014 Posted July 1, 2014 Never caught one but would love to. Here's a picture of the missouri state record (I think) some guy caught during a tournament about ten years ago. 1 Quote
Mr_Scrogg Posted July 2, 2014 Posted July 2, 2014 Id love to catch a big Shoalie as well as a mean mouth! Quote
Super User Munkin Posted July 3, 2014 Super User Posted July 3, 2014 Yes, 10 years ago on Fort Leonard Wood while I was in OBC for the Army. I had no idea what it was until the local Game Warden explained it to me. Allen Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted July 3, 2014 Super User Posted July 3, 2014 Never caught one but would love to. Here's a picture of the missouri state record (I think) some guy caught during a tournament about ten years ago. That just looks like a smallie? Can anyone explain the difference, I barely fish for smallies its usually an accident when I catch em. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 3, 2014 Global Moderator Posted July 3, 2014 That just looks like a smallie? Can anyone explain the difference, I barely fish for smallies its usually an accident when I catch em. See the false lateral line on the side? Smallies don't have that. They're a cross between a smallmouth and a spot so they do look somewhat like a smallmouth. They happen pretty often in Table Rock Lake. I've only ever caught one there though, on an A rig, about jerked the rod out of my hands when it hit it. The picture is terrible, but you can make out the stripe down the side. I checked with a long time guide that was fishing the other side of the point and he confirmed for me that it was for sure a meanmouth. Quote
Preytorien Posted July 3, 2014 Posted July 3, 2014 I'd never heard of one until this thread. Are they in Indiana? 4 Quote
Super User Jar11591 Posted July 3, 2014 Super User Posted July 3, 2014 I'd never heard of one until this thread. Are they in Indiana? I think they can potentially be anywhere that LM and SM co-exist. Quote
Super User geo g Posted July 4, 2014 Super User Posted July 4, 2014 Never heard of a mean mouth before, very interesting. How big do they get? Quote
OroBass Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 We have em in northern california. I have caught em around 9 inches. They can get up to like 12 inches I think. The ones we catch have big mouths.. Big enough to lip em! Quote
OroBass Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 Woops lol I thought this was the warmouth thread. Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted July 8, 2014 Super User Posted July 8, 2014 Look up fishchris and check out his avatar.. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 8, 2014 Global Moderator Posted July 8, 2014 Look up fishchris and check out his avatar.. There was a lot of debate awhile back over whether that fish was a meanmouth like it appears to be, or a smallmouth like FC was calling it. Looks like a meanmouth to me, but without genetic testing we'll never know. If it was a meanmouth it would have blown the world record out of the water. It's a beast no matter what it was though. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted July 8, 2014 Super User Posted July 8, 2014 This is my favorite picture of all time! 2 Quote
Super User geo g Posted July 8, 2014 Super User Posted July 8, 2014 Do you know why it got the name mean mouth? I have caught loads of peacock bass in south Florida, now those are mean mouths! Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 10, 2014 Global Moderator Posted July 10, 2014 This is my favorite picture of all time! Fish Chris obviously is well known for his abilities with a camera as well as a fishing rod, but the fish in that picture is one of the best looking bass I've ever seen, regardless of what kind it was 1 Quote
McAlpine Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 I'd never heard of one until this thread. Are they in Indiana? I've caught them in tributaries of the Ohio, so yeah. Quote
Mattle Posted February 21, 2017 Posted February 21, 2017 I've heard of them being in the Midwest and in table rock but has anyone ever heard of any being in New England?? Im from Maine and I've been curious about any around here. Im finding very little information about them. Quote
Super User eyedabassman Posted February 21, 2017 Super User Posted February 21, 2017 They are not in all lakes.When I was a guide in South East Wisconsin they were not in the lakes that I fished.I moved to Table Rock 3 years ago and I had caught one. They are a cool fish,I think they can get up to 3 to 5 pound range.They are big time mean! Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted February 21, 2017 Global Moderator Posted February 21, 2017 We have a lot of them in the Tennessee river, I think someone weighed in a 19lb limit of them in an FLW tournament. I swear I think it was Scott martin Quote
lonnie g Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 never heard of one either, but very cool pic. would love to hang into one! Quote
bassguytom Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 Pretty sure I'd catch a unicorn before I catch one of them around here. Although I did hear rainbow powerbait was also killer for unicorns. Cool fish. Quote
OCdockskipper Posted February 22, 2017 Posted February 22, 2017 On 7/8/2014 at 10:18 AM, geo g said: Do you know why it got the name mean mouth? I have caught loads of peacock bass in south Florida, now those are mean mouths! Field & Stream did an article about them way back in 1977, they got the name from their aggressiveness - https://books.google.com/books?id=T4yxQAfkKiAC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=Field+%26+Stream+Meanmouth&source=bl&ots=ZkfhGR84v8&sig=shn-HCUfrwpgMNFInIYSNr5vncA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjg7yH4aLSAhVT_WMKHRThCQoQ6AEIKzAD#v=onepage&q=Field %26 Stream Meanmouth&f=false I'm old enough to have read that when it hit the presses . Quote
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