ky bass

[sthwht24]

Didn't realize that about the tooth patch, that's good to know. I've also heard them described as a smallmouth with a largemouth's paint scheme.

[MagikSmallie]

Seth,
The tooth patch has long been used to ID the KY but recently in tournaments and for official use they no longer accept the tooth patch becuase some LM have been found to have it also. I always use the Jaw hinge to determine KY or LM. The fins are the hardest for me to ID. but the Jaw is pretty easy.

[mhall]

I can Spot a Spot from 20 feet in the water, I can't for the life of me see how people get them confused. Maybe it's because I've caught several thousand of the little critters out of Cumberland over the years...

To me they look NOTHING like a largemouth at all.

[Bobby Headrick]

Mark, I agree with you, after catchin several on lake cumberland and the creeks around here near Barren, you get to know what they look like, and even when they swim up next to the boat and just stare at you and your bait, you can teel a spot, have had some hawgs just sit there at Cland and break your heart, lol lol. They fight different than a large, and hit different. I love em. like mentioned above you can no longer use the tooth patch for 100% id, as some larges have them, I belive that these could be from the florida strain of largemouths, I fished a tourney on Santee Cooper and a lot of those bass had tooth patches, and they are no spots on that lake. My best spot came from Skaggs creek, it was around 5ish. Also Mark have you ever caught one of those meanmouths in Cland, have seen a few weighed in in tourneys. now that is one mean hybrid. Part smallie part spot, cant get ant better. lol lol

[stripernut]

Mark, I agree with you, after catchin several on lake cumberland and the creeks around here near Barren, you get to know what they look like, and even when they swim up next to the boat and just stare at you and your bait, you can teel a spot, have had some hawgs just sit there at Cland and break your heart, lol lol. They fight different than a large, and hit different. I love em. like mentioned above you can no longer use the tooth patch for 100% id, as some larges have them, I belive that these could be from the florida strain of largemouths, I fished a tourney on Santee Cooper and a lot of those bass had tooth patches, and they are no spots on that lake. My best spot came from Skaggs creek, it was around 5ish. Also Mark have you ever caught one of those meanmouths in Cland, have seen a few weighed in in tourneys. now that is one mean hybrid. Part smallie part spot, cant get ant better. lol lol

hey bobby, caught a 18 inch meanmouth last sept on a shakeyhead in lilly creek, took some pretty good pics and released the fish, they hit like barracuda and fight like hell !

[Ranger_07]

They taste better.

[mhall]

Bobby I had one on and was trying to lip it and it shook off. It was down around Halcombs Landing. I got a good look at it and there is no doubt that is what it was, cool fish and it was trying to pull my arm out of socket at about 17 inches or so.