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Largemouth or Smallmouth - confused

beakgeek

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No they dont, that fish is 100% all largemouth

The #1 difference in a largemouth and a smallmouth is color.

The largemouth is green in color

The small mouth is brown.

The largemouth has a black line running parellel with his body.

The smallmouth will generally have verticle black bars.

The largemouth when his mouth is closed the mouth will extend past his eyeball.

The smallmouth his mouth when closed will go to his eye.

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too bad I have its mouth open. They hybridize don't they?

Not to my knowledge, the only Micropterus hybrid I've heard of is smallmouth/spotted bass.

Your fish is a largemouth. Body structure, green color, horizontal black stripe (even though it's not as prominent as it is on a very young bass) all scream largemouth.

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Smallmouths and largemouths CAN cross-breed naturally, and there are a few documented cases of it, but still, considering the extent of their overlap it's very very rare. I'm trying to remember where it was, but I *just* saw a picture of an 8 lb fish from Pennsylvania that genetics testing confirmed was a 1st generation hybrid. Smallmouth x Spotted Bass is more common though.

The fish in this pic though is a Largemouth. Another ID clue, which is a dead giveaway in this pic, is that the dorsal fins are not fully connected. You can also look at the scales or the tongue. On a LMB, cheek scales are the same size as the body scales, while on a SMB they are smaller. A LMB has a smooth tongue, while a SMB has a small rough patch on theirs...

So yeah, largemouth, and a pretty nice one...

Cheers,

RK

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I should clarify that I was referring to the one in the tournament picture. The one in the OP is definitely a largemouth.

First one is an LM B all the way. The other a few posts above is an SMB that looks like it's been useing the Jawmaster 3000....that seems like a "large" mouth for a Smallie.

It is large, but it still is quite a bit smaller mouth on it than the largemouth he holds in the other hand. And keep in mind that the largemouth is smaller in overall size as well.

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These guys claim this is a LM/SM hybrid but I saw no verified proof. Regardless, looks cool. full-10525-16848-hybrid.jpg

I don't know if that's a Largemouth or Smallie... but I do know the bass between the two anglers is a bad dude. He just clamped onto the guys forearm and held on for the photo.

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I really like the coloration and patterns on the Largemouth/Smallmouth in question. It's my bet that it was a 5-fish bag limit, and that center bass just hanging there is on a cull rope that's wrapped around the anglers arm.

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