Mean Mouth Bass

[Rudypoo4444]

Is it a shoal bass?

[MagikSmallie]

Is it a shoal bass?

Naw, I don't think it's a Shoalie, they are a little different ( how? I'm not exactly sure). But they are also only found in Florida and Georgia.

http://www.bassmaster.com/sites/defa...es20110412.pdf

[Fishin is life]

Had a friend catch one on Cumberland in the spring in a tournament....After some discussion with the officials it was weighed as a spot as it wouldn't have been a keeper smallmouth...Gonna be interesting how the tournament guys treat them if they start to become more prevalant

[Les Young]

I caught a bunch of them in Cumberland before the draw down & the spots seemed to all but dissapear. Usually 15 or 16" but a buddy caught a 19 & 1/2 " one night shallow when water was high & we were fishing the wood washed up against the banks. It pulled like a freight train.

[GamblerRex]

Had a friend catch one on Cumberland in the spring in a tournament....After some discussion with the officials it was weighed as a spot as it wouldn't have been a keeper smallmouth...Gonna be interesting how the tournament guys treat them if they start to become more prevalant

They are not recognized by the state so they fall in the biggest species for the lake limit. Therefore they must be weighed as a smallmouth as explained to me by the state fish and wildlife comm. Therefore on Cumberland it would have to be 18"

[Dave Clark]

My boat see's several every year on Dale...

[Duayne]

It's a cross between a smallmouth and spot. They end up looking like smallies, are brown, but have the lateral markings of a spot.

[stripernut]

i dont care if they call em "punkin pie".....that is one helluva pretty fish !

they are still in c-land and yes they do pull like freight trains

[smljaw]

That's a BIGFATDONKEY! I've got a buddy who use to fish Linville quite a bit. He said they would catch meanmouth bass down there from time to time. He showed me a picture of one they caught that went 4.8 or so.