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I caught this fish in a small stream where I've previously only caught small mouth bass. I think it's a large mouth bass. Can anyone tell me if it is?




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no arguments here, Large it is. [cool]
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Thanks a lot. I thought it was but wasn't sure as I've never caught one before.[]
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congradulations,

he is a mighty fine lookin one too. nice and healthy
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Smallmouth versus largemouth bass - identificationDistinguishing small mouth bass and large mouth bass
To tell small mouth and large mouth bass apart, look at the closed mouth. If it extends back beyond the back of the eye, the fish is a largemouth. If it goes only to the middle of the eye, it's a smallmouth.

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there are other indicators as well,

the give away is the black stripe that runs from front to back.

then there is the dorsel fin and tail fins, they have different shapes.

Small mouth are green to a golden brown and any where in between depending on the quality of the water they are caught from. the greener they are the cleaner the water is you are catching them from.

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once you've caught a bunch of them you wont have any problems identifying them.

as you can see with these, there is color variations, but you put them side by side you can see quite plainly the differences.

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