Texas_Rig
08-17-2018, 05:59 PM
I titled this post "Fisherman's Tale" because I'm gonna tell you a story that of course I have no proof of because my dumb a** forgot to take a picture. From the research I've done since last night I'm absolutely positive that I caught a mean mouth bass last night at Center Hill. I was fishing a little tournament last night and caught a little 14 inch spot. I never could cull that fish. I lost a nice chunk that jumped at the boat and my partner broke off a 4lber at the boat with 10 minutes to go in the tournament. The fish jumped over the net and broke his line. My fault for doing a bad net job.
Anyways, we go weigh our fish and I'm trying to put our fish in the weigh bag. That little spot almost jumps out of the livewell. When he did, I looked at my partner and told him we messed up because that wasn't a spot at all and it was a smallmouth. So I finally get a hold of him and look at him. I've never seen a fish like this before. This fish was built just like a spotted bass but was different. His head and belly looked like a smallmouth. His head had stripes, his belly wasn't bright white. He had those little marks under his chin like a smallmouth. But everything else looked like a spot. He was marked up like a spot. He had a tooth patch like a spot. And he felt like a spot. For those that are familiar with smallmouth and spots you know that a smallmouth feels soft and slick. This fish had course scales just like a spot. Anyways that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
BTW. The quality fish are showing up at night at the hill. The last 3 night tournaments I've fished our weights were 17lbs 1ounce, 16lbs 3ounces, and 13lbs 13 ounces with having that small mean mouth in the bag last night. They let me weigh it as a spot.
Anyways, we go weigh our fish and I'm trying to put our fish in the weigh bag. That little spot almost jumps out of the livewell. When he did, I looked at my partner and told him we messed up because that wasn't a spot at all and it was a smallmouth. So I finally get a hold of him and look at him. I've never seen a fish like this before. This fish was built just like a spotted bass but was different. His head and belly looked like a smallmouth. His head had stripes, his belly wasn't bright white. He had those little marks under his chin like a smallmouth. But everything else looked like a spot. He was marked up like a spot. He had a tooth patch like a spot. And he felt like a spot. For those that are familiar with smallmouth and spots you know that a smallmouth feels soft and slick. This fish had course scales just like a spot. Anyways that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
BTW. The quality fish are showing up at night at the hill. The last 3 night tournaments I've fished our weights were 17lbs 1ounce, 16lbs 3ounces, and 13lbs 13 ounces with having that small mean mouth in the bag last night. They let me weigh it as a spot.