Is this a bass?

[BradMc76]

 

Is it real?

[funfishing]

That's a small mouthed largemouth.

[ttahhan]

Brad that's a Small mouth Bass

[Christopheraaron]

Colours say largemouth mouth says smallmouth, but definitely bass.

[Rizzo]

yes and no. That is a small large mouth bass

[Dontcryformejanhrdina]

The good thing about bass fishing is you can catch big ones even if you don't have a boat, even on those hot sunny days when nothing else seems to be biting. That's a largemouth bass all right. Keep at it and you'll catch ones a lot bigger than that.

[kickingfrog]

Your thumb is huge.

[BradMc76]

Okay, so it's small (my thumbaside) but that is the biggest Largemouth Bass I have ever caught!!!

[musky_hunter]

Lol. Bucket mouth for sure.

[eman]

Largie!

[largemouthtrout]

What the heck , Is that fish wearin lipstick ?

[funfishing]

I feel your excitement, they are a beautiful fish. My first LM was about 13" and I was excited as hell to have caught it.

 

Looks like it has a crayfish in its belly.

[northernpike56]

LMB for sure. nice job.

[BradMc76]

So, now I've caught a small Largemouth and a large Smallmouth. I'm not complaining, but that's about standard for how I roll. Irony and comedy all rolled into one.

[Cudz]

Body is totally largemouth and marking asre largemouth but I agree that the stipes from the eyes down look smallie. Interesting. Nice job.

[Christopheraaron]

Im most confused about that mouth, I've caught 2 inch largemouth with bigger mouths!

[lunkerbasshunter]

largie

[Christopheraaron]

The lower jaw is too short, even for a small LMB. The jaw should extend past the eye.

 

Yup. Now where is garfisher to answer this?

[Garfisher]

It's still a largemouth (larger markings concentrated along the middle of the side of the fish), I'm guessing it's just an odd ball that has a smaller mouth, probably just genetic variability. I'm sure we've all caught a smallie or two that has a pretty big maw on it for one of that species. I remember my friend from southern Maryland showing me a pic of a red-eyed largemouth someone managed to catch, no smallmouths around the area (too far onto the coastal plains for smallie habitat).

Edited September 4, 2012 by Garfisher

[Musky or Specks]

It kinda looks like a mean mouth but didn't think we had any hybrids up here. Who knows what the states are stocking though maybe got up here from there

[BradMc76]

That's what I was thinking, based on the colourings. But, as I've said, I'm not really sure what I'm talking about, lol.

 

Thanks for the info, though, Gar!

[Musky or Specks]

Best photo example I could find of a mean mouth thats similar to example of OP

 

[Musky or Specks]

I still don't think it's a largemouth.

 

Either a hybrid or a spotted, IMO.

I agree the mouth is just not right for a largemouth

[Garfisher]

Best question is where it was caught (obviously not the actual location, but maybe a county name), spotted's do not occur in Ontario, the only Micropterus species that occur are in fact salmoides (Largies) and dolomieu (Smallies). Hybrid isn't out of the question either. I just think it really is a largemouth (most of the fish screams largemouth, only the mouth/head throws a wrench into that thought)

[BillM]

Regardless of the mouth, that's a largie no doubt about it.