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Smallmouth Juvenile?

Started by Guest_bumpylemon_* , Jul 25 2009 09:46 AM

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#1 Guest_bumpylemon_*

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Posted 25 July 2009 - 09:46 AM

caught in the herring river in harwich, massachusetts.

i think its a smallmouth bass. am i right

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#2 Guest_panfisherteen_*

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Posted 25 July 2009 - 10:28 AM

yep. Ive noticed with all small juv. smallies are that if theyre under 4" they'll still have the orange in their tails

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#3 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 25 July 2009 - 02:42 PM

Most species of bass have that orange tail when they are little. It seems most visible to me on a spotted bass. That little guy is definitely a smallmouth. The only one that does not have the orange tail is the largemouth bass.

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#4 Guest_bumpylemon_*

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Posted 25 July 2009 - 04:00 PM

thanks guys...im gettin better at this lol...i didnt know they had a orange tail like that...i caught him and 3 others in a very small stream/river that leads to the ocean.

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#5 Guest_panfisherteen_*

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Posted 25 July 2009 - 07:11 PM

Most species of bass have that orange tail when they are little. It seems most visible to me on a spotted bass. That little guy is definitely a smallmouth. The only one that does not have the orange tail is the largemouth bass.

only smallmouth and largemouth up here lol. Thanks for the correction about orange tails

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#6 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 25 July 2009 - 10:35 PM

I guess that is true your choices are limited up there. Here in Ohio we have spotted bass as well and then if you get down in GA and AL you have several more species.

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#7 Guest_panfisherteen_*

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 01:13 AM

and they look similar to either a largemouth or smallmouth which makes it even better to attempt an ID lol

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#8 Guest_basssmaster_*

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 09:41 AM

Young <3" Smallmouth bass also have parr marks which imaged fish exhibits. Spotted bass of the lower Ohio River drainage also have but only transiently.

To complicate, I have seen hatchery reared largemouth bass with orange / red in tail, but either, they have spotted bass in their background or a high pigment diet can be a factor.

Edited by basssmaster, 26 July 2009 - 09:45 AM.