Super User roadwarrior Posted March 10, 2009 Super User Posted March 10, 2009 Great fish and beautiful pics! BTW, Where have you been? We miss you. -Kent 8-) Quote
Fish Chris Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Hey guys.... Paul, yea', that's been discussed before about a lot of the Smallies from that lake. But keep this in mind; Their is a big long list of things that biologists use to test for hybridization of fish species, and coloration is one of the very last things on that list... or should I say, color is one of the least important factors. Reason is, coloration is SOOO variable depending on food sources, water clarity, individual fishes mood, health, etc, etc.... While with many anglers, color is the very first factor taken into consideration. That said, I'd give this fish (and others which are even greener than this one) less than a 10% chance of being a hybrid. I have a close buddy who is a fisheries biologist, who told me last year, that they were going to be genetically testing some of these fish, but I don't know what ever came of that. Talked to him last week, but didn't think to ask.... Hey RW, you know me...... I get onto whatever kick I'm into at the moment, and I forget about everything but that one thing. That's the AADD thing in action. Oh well. This Winter it was the new truck, and then stereo stuff..... But don't worry, I have flipped that switch off now, and fixing to forget about "every other thing on the planet" except trophy bass ! ;D 8-) : ;D It's funny.... I actually had a guy tell me recently, that he admired how I can have such solid, single minded focus on whatever I choose to..... I laughed and told him, "Dude.... It's actually a psychological problem ! I can't think about 2 "different things" at the same time if I tried ! I guess for some things AADD is not all bad :-) Great fishing to you guys, I'll try not to start posting so much I'm driving everyone crazy :-) Peace, Fish Quote
huskybass Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Beautiful fish and photos as always Chris. Congrats. Quote
justinrose40 Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 My personal best is a 20.5 in the picture below caught on Laurel River Lake in south-east Kentucky. I seen 6 over 20 caught in the same day once by my fishing partner on the same lake, but I only mustered up one keeper that day. We didn't have a camera, wasn't expecting that kind of catch. But I got to see a good show that day, and got a reel good workout on the dip net. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted March 11, 2009 Super User Posted March 11, 2009 Fish Chris, Well, I'm glad you're back and speaking for everyone on this Forum, we NEVER tire of your posts! As for me, a combination of factors have kept me away from the river this winter, so I have nothing to report. I am looking forward to Kentucky Lake in a couple of weeks. We should have a lot of nice pics posted shortly and maybe a few will be brown fish! 8-) Quote
Pitchinkid Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 It looks like that thing swallowed a baby. Incredibly fish chris. My longest is Two 22". Both on Jerkbaits. Quote
MaineBassMan Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 I haven't measured them, I usually just weigh them but I would say around 20-21 inches. Quote
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