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LMB smallie cross? - toadly - 09-30-2011
Well lets see what ya all think. Went to Willard for Wiper last night. My son inlaw caught a nice Bass. Very fat.
Has the head of a Small Mouth and the body of a Large Mouth I think. So is it a cross or just a fat fat Smallie.
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - joshomaru - 09-30-2011
I'd say lmb all the way.
Looks like he's been gorging on shad!
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - Flycasting - 09-30-2011
Nicest largemouth I have seen from Willard in a long time.
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Re: [joshomaru] LMB smallie cross? - toadly - 09-30-2011
Did I mention its eyes were yellow?. No chance at a cross? Its mouth is like a smallie as well. Just saying..
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - TheWhizzle - 09-30-2011
I'm going to agree that it is just a LMB.
The upper lip gives it away. Very fat fish, but probably just has a small head on that big body.
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - wagdog - 09-30-2011
Doesn't look like a cross to me. Looks like a northern strain largemouth bass. The upper jaw on a largemouth will extend past it's eye. I can't tell that from your pic. Got any others?
Good fish either way man!
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Re: [wagdog] LMB smallie cross? - toadly - 09-30-2011
So maybe it is a LMB. No other pics just a quik snap and release.
Joe thought it fought real hard. Guess the shad dinner turbo charges a large mouth.
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - EvilTyeDyeTwin - 09-30-2011
Nice LMB....whenever I hook into bass up there it is always a smallmouth lurking in the rocks. Glad to see that some LMB's are starting to show up.
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - wiperhunter2 - 09-30-2011
Good to hear he released it, the largemouth in Willard are few and far between. Maybe a few of those will get together next spring and make a few more[
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - Fin-S-Fish - 09-30-2011
Sorry dude hahaha, no chance at a cross. That's just a largemouth with a tiny mouth and head LOL. There are some strains that have a small head and mouth like that. It could have some spotted bass genetics but definitely not smallmouth for sure.
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - joshomaru - 09-30-2011
After bigyfan posted the mean mouth bass thread last week, it got me interested and I started blocking stuff. The hybrid is one bitchin looking fish! They tend to not have the solid lateral line, but more of a cross between a brokenish line mixed with vertical bars (like a smallie). They really are a neat looking fish!
I have caught lmb with yellow eyes. If I remember right, some smaller ones down at powell had eyes like that.
Your lard fish looks like a younger fish with the appetite of a bigger fish, so he is eating well but has a pin head! (Better than a hammer head).
I echo the other sentiments : that's a nice fish no matter what! Especially a lmb from da lard. Rare!
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - Jmaze - 10-01-2011
Shad fed largemouth bass do the same thing in Arizona. They grow fast in the body small head. Next yer he will be something. Just a first year pineview spawn.
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Re: [toadly] LMB smallie cross? - gstott - 10-01-2011
The bass are definitely taking advantage of the fruitful spawns that we had with all the high water. Here are a few fatties that I've caught in the past month. No shad in these reservoirs, but lots of young bass and panfish.
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