spotted bass
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Ive caught them and hybrids in some of the rivers around here and they love anything that looks like a crawdad, I believe they are the hardest fighting bass pound for pound of the big 3 (Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted). The Hybrids are my favorite .....sorry ive never kept them in a aquarium. This is from a fishing site.
"Although considered the runt of the black bass family, the spotted bass maintains a chip-on-its-shoulder attitude, and when it schools up with its brethren, they become as vicious as a wolf pack pouncing on prey.
"They are not as much structure oriented as largemouths, which like to hang around a dock, lay-downs or stumps," Bassmaster Elite Series pro Brian Snowden expalined. "You will catch a lot of spotted bass out in open water or bare gravel points where there is really nothing there to hold them."
Their aggressive nature makes spotted bass easier to coax into biting if you can find them in the vast open spaces of reservoirs."
"Although considered the runt of the black bass family, the spotted bass maintains a chip-on-its-shoulder attitude, and when it schools up with its brethren, they become as vicious as a wolf pack pouncing on prey.
"They are not as much structure oriented as largemouths, which like to hang around a dock, lay-downs or stumps," Bassmaster Elite Series pro Brian Snowden expalined. "You will catch a lot of spotted bass out in open water or bare gravel points where there is really nothing there to hold them."
Their aggressive nature makes spotted bass easier to coax into biting if you can find them in the vast open spaces of reservoirs."
Check out my personal gallery (link below my avatar). I have a few pics of the Alabama spot, Micropterus henshali. I also have feeding vid via YouTube that you can access through the link in my signature. My lil guy is only 4" right now but eats almost anything I put in the tank that fits in his mouth. He's kept with a 6" swordspine snook, a 6" Lima cat, and a 5" Tiretrack eel with no problems. (I have to hand feed the eel to make sure he gets food though). He's been in my tank for about a month and has grown maybe 1/2" at the most but has put on some girth, however.
As for comparing to SMB and LMB...have not kept the other 2.
Justin
As for comparing to SMB and LMB...have not kept the other 2.
Justin
My old boss has a Spotted/Smallmouth Hybrid that he thought was a Largemouth when he caught it......it is about 14inches and kicks a Oscar whos 16 inches rear anytime it wants to. Ps nice videos.....cool spotted.snookman;4478276;4478276 said:
Actually that may be a Redeye bass, which is the smaller cousin to the spotted/largemouth. The white tips on the fins is a clear indicator.Noto;4476547; said:Care is the same as largemouth or smallmouth, they just don't get quite as big. Here's a juvenile I saw while snorkeling the Obed River in Tennessee:
thats not a Red eye i have one i have a large mouth bass and a rock bassPush;4492925;4492925 said:
There were Micropterus coosae in this stream as well, but they looked distinctly different (I didn't manage to get photos of them). The tricolored caudal pattern is less bold than in M. punctulatus, the lateral blotches are more vertical (sort of intermediate between smallmouth and spotted) and there are more markings below the lateral blotches, extending almost all the way down the sides.
Actually, spotteds are also supposed to have more markings below the lateral blotches than this guy has; it's at least possible that he's a hybrid, probably M. punctulatus X salmoides. There were four species of black bass in this little stretch of river, and M. punctulatus are notorious hybridizers.
Actually, spotteds are also supposed to have more markings below the lateral blotches than this guy has; it's at least possible that he's a hybrid, probably M. punctulatus X salmoides. There were four species of black bass in this little stretch of river, and M. punctulatus are notorious hybridizers.
I don't believe your fish is a hybrid. My spot is milky white below lateral blotches...however, when I introduce food into the tank his spots become extremely bold showing spots below lateral blotches that normally aren't seen. The base color of these fish is variable as well staying a dark gold/brown (juvenile) mostly while getting a more greenish/ gold color when excited/feeding. The white edged caudal is classic spotted bass characteristic. Id's cannot be made solely on blotches and markings as these are extremely variable and cannot be relied on 100% of the time. Clearly in the pic provided the eye is a dark color not even close to a red color (namesake). Although it is harder to tell color underwater IMO the Cole presented is anything but red.
Justin
Justin
FYI...there are 3 subspecies and all are very similar to this pic.
Compare to this Alabama spotted:
Justin
