that's not at Silverwood
I do not know what lake that is, but that is definitely a smallmouth bass. It is not rocket science to tell the difference between a LMB and SMB. I have caught plenty of both. Never have I had trouble distinguishing between the two.
Now spots and LMB yes that can be tough at times, but once you get on a consistent spot bite you can tell the difference easily after that.
Yup, it's a Smallie. Besides the color and markings, the mouth is the telling clue. Even with it open, you can tell it doesn't go past the eye...
That is a smallmouth. I've caught enough of them that size. I like the bigger models with their full colors.
This is the classic example of the little Boy who cried Wolf!!!! So many people in the past here on FNN have thought it was funny to make a gag report. Most of the time these people meant no harm by it, but it casts doubt's on any unusual catch!!!! So if Kwin say's that SMB didn't come out of Silverwood, that's should be good enough for the logical thinkers on here. No disrespect intended against the OP!!!!!
Last edited by etucker1959; 06-29-2015 at 09:42 PM.
90 percent sure it was frozen shad, the guys who work on the dock.
said the day before everybody caught fish using shad. There were people fishing at
the best place on the dock and I saw them catch 10 stripers between 2 to 5 pounds, it
looked like they were using frozen shad technique hooked twice making it look like a live shad.
Kinda looks like Havasu.
I believe it to be a smallmouth also but only having targeted them a few times does not make me the expert. No doubt the mouth is a bit of a giveaway but at Arrowhead just last week we caught one that appeared to be a cross, a "meanmouth", only way that I knew to tell the difference was by the mouth, everything else was beyond my scope of knowledge. Well that and those beautiful eyes that the smallmouth had there.