Bass I.D. - It is a...............

[panfisher]

that was fun! after a few different googles iwas able to find the right answer!:cheers:

[Fisherman_max]

hey fishnislife,

i wonder if WDFW will try and stick ya with a ticket for this "contest"

kidding of course.

[fishnislife]

hey fishnislife,

i wonder if WDFW will try and stick ya with a ticket for this "contest"

kidding of course.

LOL!

Thanks for the laugh.

I guess if we never handout any prizes we won't get any tickets. Will just do everything for fun!
Ya right.



fishnislife

[Fisherman_max]

there is always going to be some sort of competition when your a fisherman, wether it be with your close buddies, or people over the internet. but some of us like it that way, just dont tell WDFW:-$

and here to play us fisherman a tune is my symphony!

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[iPodrodder]

Are bragging rights considered a ticketable prize?

They won't be for me because I am too lazy/Google dumb to find the answer after three guesses..

[panfisher]

Are bragging rights considered a ticketable prize?

They won't be for me because I am too lazy/Google dumb to find the answer after three guesses..

your just being mean spirited!:-"

[fishnislife]

Alright ladies and gents, this has been a lot of fun. I have enjoyed chatting with all of you. Hope you guys had fun searching around and discovering a new bass. You all had great guesses and the most would have to be the Guadalupe Bass and a close second would be the Shoal. I must admit that this fish looks very similiar to the Guadalupe, so you guys know you bass. But this bass in particular is a...........


















































"Meanmouth Bass" hybrid cross between a SMB and a Spotted.



I think there was only two people who nailed it on the first try.
Hope you guys enjoyed this.


Here are a couple links to some cool reads about this bass.
http://www.fishin.com/articles/meanmouth.htm
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews/meanmouth2004.html
http://www.outdoorcentral.com/mc/pr/03/10/14a1.asp - The state record catch.


Has anyone around here ever caught one?





fishnislife

[cavdad45]

Interesting. I thought the mean mouth was an urban legend talked about around campfires.

[Fisherman_max]

nah its the real deal nowadays. still a little rare to catch but they are there. kinda like the elusive and very very large (up to thirty pound) catfish in lacamas/round lake.

[gpc]

Meanmouth? Sounds made up to me. Thats a LMB x SMB hybrid. Good ole fishnislife is trying to get another one past us.

[Anglinarcher]

I was one of the two that got it right the first time, but I thought it was a SMB x LMB. I was sure that is what the Colorado Hatchery guy told me in the early 80's, so now I am so confused.

One thing is for sure, yes, I have caught a couple, out of a test pond, and they are a blast. But I doubt that they will stay in the water for long, I think they will hit anything at all put in the water.

[HillbillyGeek]

Meanmouth? Sounds made up to me. Thats a LMB x SMB hybrid. Good ole fishnislife is trying to get another one past us.

Meanmouth?

Hmm... sounds like the warden (Mrs Geek). :pale:

[Fisherman_max]

to clarify stuff up.

a meanmouth is a hybrid between and smallmouth and a spotted bass. that is, they are the two bass that create meanmouth in the wild.

hatcheries have bred largemouth and smallmouth bass together to make "mean mouth" bass but they do not occur in the wild.

so yes, they both are considered mean mouth bass. but spotted/smallmouth occur naturally and largemouth/smallmouth only occur in hatcheries.

and i got it on the first guess also.

[lskiles]

to clarify stuff up.

a meanmouth is a hybrid between and smallmouth and a spotted bass. that is, they are the two bass that create meanmouth in the wild.

hatcheries have bred largemouth and smallmouth bass together to make "mean mouth" bass but they do not occur in the wild.

so yes, they both are considered mean mouth bass. but spotted/smallmouth occur naturally and largemouth/smallmouth only occur in hatcheries.

and i got it on the first guess also.

I had no idea...sounds kind of interesting.

I once told my wife, back in the day when I fished for bass twenty years ago, I was going fishing for "smartmouth" bass as a joke and then got in trouble later after she told her co-workers I was going after smartmouth and they teased her saying there was no such thing. Gotta take care with what you tell the non-fisher-folk.

[Marc Martyn]

Hmmmm. Here all along I thought a "mean mouth" was a disgruntled boss

It is interesting how they came up with the name mean mouth.

[fishnislife]

Hmmmm. Here all along I thought a "mean mouth" was a disgruntled boss

How did they come up with the name mean mouth?

I think they say in one of the articles. Check'em out.



fishnislife

[Marc Martyn]

Just went back and read the article. If all else fails, read the directions first before asking questions.