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best way to distinguish between large mouth and spotted(kentucky) bass?
Posted on 2/25/12 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 2/25/12 at 11:48 pm
any way to distinguish the two fish?
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Posted on 2/25/12 at 11:51 pm to Tino
Hinge of the jaw.
Kentucky hinges before the eye
Largemouth after
Kentucky hinges before the eye
Largemouth after
Posted on 2/26/12 at 12:29 am to Tino
Having both in most of the waters I fish, I usually can tell by the fight before I ever lip the fish.
But the best way IMO is the top 2 fins on the back.
If they are pretty well connected its a Spot, if they separate or nearly so...Largemouth bass
But the best way IMO is the top 2 fins on the back.
If they are pretty well connected its a Spot, if they separate or nearly so...Largemouth bass
Posted on 2/26/12 at 5:57 am to dawgfan1979
I cought one yesterday out of a bar pit off the Mississippi River. It was around 2 lbs. Hell, I cought pike too out of the bar pits, but those a small.
Posted on 2/26/12 at 6:04 am to Tino
There mouths are different as stated and most spots have a little spur or rough spot on their tongues
This post was edited on 2/26/12 at 6:06 am
Posted on 2/26/12 at 8:40 am to fishfighter
Pike?
Really?
Really?
Posted on 2/26/12 at 9:03 am to BigHoss
If you've caught a lot of either, you'll quickly notice the differences when you catch one of the other species. The mouth and markings will be noticeably different.
Maybe this will help: LINK
Those little rows of spots, just above the belly, running from "gill to tail" are one indicator.
Maybe this will help: LINK
Those little rows of spots, just above the belly, running from "gill to tail" are one indicator.
Posted on 2/26/12 at 9:06 am to dawg23
Thanks guys
Posted on 2/26/12 at 11:13 am to Tino
tongue patch. plus they fight harder compared similarly to a largemouth.
Posted on 2/26/12 at 11:20 am to Mung
They just have a different look to them. Too long and slender with too small a mouth for a large mouth of the same size. In addition to the other mentioned things, spots feel more rough. Like the difference between a smooth and keeled scale grass snake. It's just too bad the ones we have in La/Tx are so small. I almost never catch one over 13".
Posted on 2/26/12 at 1:33 pm to BigHoss
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Pike?
Really?
Probably Chain Pickerel he's talking about. I've caught only 2 in my life. Both outside of Morgan City. Common name is Grass Pike, but the actual name is Chain Pickerel.
Posted on 2/26/12 at 3:37 pm to GRIZZ
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Probably Chain Pickerel he's talking about. I've caught only 2 in my life. Both outside of Morgan City. Common name is Grass Pike, but the actual name is Chain Pickerel.
Common name in redneck country is Jack Fish. FYI
Posted on 2/26/12 at 4:08 pm to REB BEER
Nooooooo, I said Pike as in Northen Pike. shite y'all not. And yes, this was after a spring rise in the Mississippi River just north Of Baton Rouge.
Posted on 2/26/12 at 4:11 pm to fishfighter
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I cought pike too out of the bar pits, but those a small.
Probably a Jack fish.
Posted on 2/26/12 at 4:23 pm to SNAPPERHEAD
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Probably a Jack fish.
I know what a Jackfish is and I know what a Northern Pike is and I cought a Northern Pike.
Posted on 2/26/12 at 5:24 pm to fishfighter
The only fish Alx caught yesterday on Indian Creek was a chain pickerel. Pretty common up here in the impoundments.
Posted on 2/26/12 at 5:43 pm to REB BEER
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Common name in redneck country is Jack Fish
Ha ha...We call em Jacks too
Posted on 2/26/12 at 5:54 pm to Tino
Spotted bass have a small patch of teeth on their tongue. We call em jackfish where I'm from
This post was edited on 2/27/12 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 2/26/12 at 6:32 pm to EZTIGER
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Pike of the south
...sweet-potato pie and a-shut my mouth.
Posted on 2/26/12 at 7:08 pm to dawg23
Spots have teeth on tongue
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