NCgreenheads Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Could someone please tell me what kind of bass these are? Im thinking spot?????????????????? Quote
NCgreenheads Posted October 29, 2008 Author Posted October 29, 2008 Spot? Largemouth? Baracuda? Quote
NCgreenheads Posted October 29, 2008 Author Posted October 29, 2008 Here's my reasoning. According to the NC game identification chart. The top fins are "spot" fins. The small mouth with the jaw bone not going past the back of the eye. The scales on the base of the fins. The patch of teeth on its tounge. I could be wrong but I don't know cause I have never caught any until today. Help me out. Thanks Quote
Super User Jig Man Posted October 29, 2008 Super User Posted October 29, 2008 I'd say spots but the first one looks somewhat like a meanmouth. Quote
Land Surveyor13 Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 If it has the tooth patch than it is a spot. Sometimes here in GA that is the only way to tell the difference. Quote
catchnm Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 The red eyes and smaller mouth say spot to me. Can't tell much about the other picture. Is there a tooth patch on their tongue? If so, then that would be the winning three for me.......spotted (Kentucky) bass. Quote
NCgreenheads Posted October 29, 2008 Author Posted October 29, 2008 Here is a picture of the lighter bass in the pictures. They both had the tooth patch on their tounge. I took a picture of the inside of it's mouth just so I could reference to see what kind of bass it was. I ran my finger over it, it's definately teeth. Quote
NCgreenheads Posted October 29, 2008 Author Posted October 29, 2008 I caught this bass in the same location as these other two fish. I am pretty positive this one is a spot. The markings help out on this fish. The other two don't have the markings. A friend at worked mentioned that possibly all three are spots and maybe the difference is male and female. Any thoughts? Quote
Pigsticker Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 The last picture is definately a spot, I am not sure about the others though, tough to tell. Quote
Super User Raul Posted October 29, 2008 Super User Posted October 29, 2008 If it has the tooth patch than it is a spot. Sometimes here in GA that is the only way to tell the difference. The tongue teeth patch presence is not an entirely accurate way to differentiate spots from LMBs, 25% of the LMB population have a tongue teeth patch. Quote
Super User Dan: Posted October 29, 2008 Super User Posted October 29, 2008 it is amazing how the coloration just stops on those two first fish. It looks like there is a line dividing them in half between coloration and white. Quote
NCgreenheads Posted October 29, 2008 Author Posted October 29, 2008 it is amazing how the coloration just stops on those two first fish. It looks like there is a line dividing them in half between coloration and white. That's what is hanging me up. The coloration. Every fish chart I've looked at points to spot. But the markings don't match up. Quote
Flameseeker Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 I think they are all 'spots'. The lines on the lower part of the body are just like that of a spot. Spotted bass prefer rocky bottoms with moderate to swift flows. One of the pictures appears to show a rocky bank which probably extends down into the lake. The large spots you commonly see down the sides are not common on all spotted bass. Check out this PDF file and look at the last page. http://www.floridaconservation.org/Fishing/pdf/BassPoster-Fl-Wildlife.pdf Hope this helps you out. Quote
The_Natural Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 I caught this bass in the same location as these other two fish. I am pretty positive this one is a spot. The markings help out on this fish. The other two don't have the markings. A friend at worked mentioned that possibly all three are spots and maybe the difference is male and female. Any thoughts? That is maybe the most prominent spotted bass lateral line I have ever seen! It looks like somebody went over it with a Sharpie. Quote
UrbanRedneck Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Tell us where the fish was caught. That would eliminate several possiblilites without even looking at the photos. But they all look like spotted bass to me. Let me guess. Cape Fear River. Quote
NCgreenheads Posted October 30, 2008 Author Posted October 30, 2008 All the fish including one smallmouth were caught in the Yadkin River. The Yadkin River flows in High Rock lake, then Tuckertown lake, Badin lake, Falls lake, Lake Tillery, then out to somewhere I don't know. The Yadkin River, I am fishing about 10-12 miles upriver from the main lake of High Rock lake. I am in Salisbury NC. Mostly sumerged stumps, fallen trees, brush along the river as far as I can go and small rock to large boulders through out the river bed. I try to concentrate on the few rock ledges/bluffs that are in the outside bends of the river. The river is mostly 3-7 feet deep. Once you get to the rocks they shoot down 10-26 feet in places. All of the rock bluffs/ledges I have found have slow to moderate current hitting them, being the outside bends of the river. Quote
Bassnajr Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 It's got red eyes????? Hybrid?? Meanmouth?? Quote
jigandpig Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 i would say they are all spots... from what i can tell. Quote
405z06 Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 The last 2 pics definitely look like spots. The first one looks like a smallie or a meanmouth hybrid. Quote
fish4life6 Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 hey ncgreenheads. i am from charlotte. you know any good shore fishin spots? and i think its spotted. Quote
NCgreenheads Posted October 31, 2008 Author Posted October 31, 2008 hey ncgreenheads. i am from charlotte. you know any good shore fishin spots? and i think its spotted. Check you PM's Quote
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