How many of the bass species/subspecies have you caught?

[Swamp Girl]

I've only caught two, largemouth and smallmouth, but I'm wondering if any of you have set out to add five or six black bass notches to your fishing rod and succeeded. I'm thinking spots, Suwannee, meanmouth, Guadalupe, Redeye, etc.

[T-Billy]

Just Northern strain LM and SM for me. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Redeye 

Spotted

Largemouth

Smallmouth 

 

Only one I really want to catch is a Shoal Bass, although I'd love the challenge of catching them all if I had the resources to do so.     These sub species are getting rarer and rarer to catch.   @TnRiver46 posts pics of fish that could be their own subspecies with the soup of sub species DNA flowing in them.      The evolution of the Black Bass is fascinating, debating if I should spend the night going down this rabbit hole, thanks Katie ?

[TnRiver46]

Meanmouth is easy in east TN. Georgia is the place to be if you wanna catch them all, Alex in GA has done it I think (can’t mention him with the @ for some reason)

[J._Bricker]

Northern Largemouth bass

Florida Largemouth bass

Smallmouth bass

Spotted bass

 

*Meanmouth

 Striped bass 

[Drawdown]

27 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Redeye (Coosa)

Spotted

Largemouth

Smallmouth 

This is my list, as well. For all I know I may have also hooked an F1 hybrid FL bass, since I fish where they’re stocked.

[geo g]

Largemouth, smallmouth, peacock, Oscar’s, rock bass, catfish, armored catfish, jacks, Mayans, snakeheads.  Some caught in Florida, some in north Georgia., 

[TnRiver46]

@Alex from GA has entered the chat 

[Jar11591]

Northern LMB

Florida LMB 

SMB 

[TnRiver46]

I haven’t really ever written it down, but I think I’ve caught (and eaten, hehe)

 

NLMB

FLMB

alabama spots

ky spots

SMB

meanmouth (smallie x spot )

Suwannee (didn’t eat those, only got them for the first time today )

 

im not sure if meanmouth counts as a subspecies being a hybrid 

 

the redeye bass (coosae spp) is within my reach but I don’t think I’ve ever caught one

 

so what I need I guess would be shoal bass in GA, never fished in that state. And a Guadalupe bass. Seems like there’s a couple more I can’t recall but I’ve caught 6-7 depending on what you do with meanmouth 

[Wprich]

This is all that I can think of that I have caught all in Ga.  I added the pic of the first Bartram caught it few years ago trout fishing with flyrod on a North Ga river.  I have caught a few more and bigger this year out my kayak in a lake.

 

Largemouth
Red-eye
Shoal
Alabama Spotted
Bartram
Coosa

 

 

 

 

 

[Woody B]

Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spots, Redeyes.   I feel sure I've caught both Florida and Northern strain Largemouth, but I've never learned how to tell the difference.  I suspect most of the Largemouth I catch around here are Northern Strain.  In the past I've fished in Florida so I'd bet they're Florida strain.   I do know that Wildlife has stocked "pure Florida strain" in some lakes here.   

 

I believe there's more than one strain of Spotted bass.   I "think" most around here are Alabama Bass, but I don't know the different strains.   

 

I've caught a few Rock Bass too.  I don't think they're the same family as the sunfish we call "Black Bass".  

 

For "Bass"  Bass.  I've never targeted them but I've caught Striped Bass, White Bass, Bodie Bass(Striped bass, white bass hybrid) and White Perch.  White perch are actually a Striped/White bass cousin, and actual bass, not a perch.   

[Jar11591]

6 minutes ago, Woody B said:

I've caught a few Rock Bass too.  I don't think they're the same family as the sunfish we call "Black Bass"

While not black bass, rock bass are still in the sunfish (centrarchidae) family. 

[Catt]

Florida Largemouth 

Northern Largemouth 

Kentucky Spotted

F1 Gorilla/Tiger

Smallmouth (1 tiny one 50÷ yrs ago)

[Mike L]

Fla Largemouth 

Northern Largemouth 

And I think a Spot, wasn’t sure. 
 

 

 

 

Mike

[Jig Man]

Largemouth

Smallmouth

Spotted (called a Kentucky around here)

Meanmouth that looked like sm/spot cross

Meanmouth that looked like lm/sm cross

Guadalupe

 

 

[A-Jay]

Three for me ~

Green, Brown & Striped. 

A-Jay

[Swamp Girl]

@TnRiver46

 

You're in first with seven. Since I started the thread, a meanmouth counts. It's genetically and visually distinct, so it stands alone. 

 

@Woody B

 

Woody, Maine is the Land of the White Perch. They're in pert near every lake, pond, and bog, but I've never caught one. I always figured I would while fishing for black bass, but I think my lures are too big, even though they grow to 14 and 15 inches. I'm pretty sure I had one hooked once. I saw a flash of silver while trolling a spinner and then it freed itself. 

 

@Wprich

 

What in the heck is that? It's beautiful! 

[Woody B]

20 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Woody, Maine is the Land of the White Perch. They're in pert near every lake, pond, and bog, but I've never caught one. I always figured I would while fishing for black bass, but I think my lures are too big, even though they grow to 14 and 15 inches. I'm pretty sure I had one hooked once. I saw a flash of silver while trolling a spinner and then it freed itself. 

 

I never caught, or heard of white perch when I was fishing decades ago.  Shortly after I bought my current boat I caught one.  I didn't know what it was so I googled the picture.   They're not native here.  I've probably caught 10 or so this year mostly or maybe all on small to medium sized crankbaits like a Bandit 200.   The biggest one might have been 8 inches long.  Mrs B caught one that was 11 inches long.   It was on a 1/4 ounce Red Eyed Shad.    I believe they have similar habitat and eating habits as Crappie.   

[TnRiver46]

Well now if striped counts we’ve got white bass yellow bass striped bass and hybrid (white bass x striped)…….

 
The morone genus (species listed above) is referred to in ichthyology as the “true basses” where black bass are in the sunfish family 

7 hours ago, Wprich said:

This is all that I can think of that I have caught all in Ga.  I added the pic of the first Bartram caught it few years ago trout fishing with flyrod on a North Ga river.  I have caught a few more and bigger this year out my kayak in a lake.

 

Largemouth
Red-eye
Shoal
Alabama Spotted
Bartram
Coosa

 

 

 

 

 

Bartram! Thanks I knew i was forgetting some 

[Swamp Girl]

@Woody B Mainers love them. They're the eating fish up here. Yellow perch, which I love to eat, don't excite them, but white perch do. As I understand it, they live near the bottom and if you can catch one, you've located a hundred of them, as their schools are big. When/if I do catch one, I'm going to eat it. 

 

#inquiringtongueswanttoknow

3 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Well now if striped counts we’ve got white bass yellow bass striped bass and hybrid (white bass x striped)…….

 
 

 

 

Striped bass don't count. This is a black bass competition. I'll change that up top right now. 

[TnRiver46]

3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

@Woody B Mainers love them. They're the eating fish up here. Yellow perch, which I love to eat, don't excite them, but white perch do. As I understand it, they live near the bottom and if you can catch one, you've located a hundred of them, as their schools are big. When/if I do catch one, I'm going to eat it. 

 

#inquiringtongueswanttoknow

 

Striped bass don't count. This is a black bass competition. I'll change that up top right now. 

Gotcha thanks! When alex in ga chimes in, seems like he may have all of them, which I don’t even know the number. Maybe 10? Wonder if we can search old posts and find similar threads. I shall try

[Bankbeater]

Northern Largemouth

Smallmouth

Spotted bass

[GreenPig]

Northern LM

Florida LM

Spotted 

Shoal 

many Hybrids and Stripers 

[WRB]

The 9 recognized Black Bass caught 6.

Northern LMB

Florida LMB

Southern Spotted / Alabama Bass

Northern Spotted/ Kentucky Bass

Smallmouth Bass 

Red Eye Bass

Tom

PS, all the above transplanted into California  lakes and river, none are native.