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Smallmouth Bass
Topic Started: Jan 31 2008, 08:21 PM (252 Views)
renegade	Jan 31 2008, 08:21 PM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 885 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jan 24, 2008	Overview Considered by many to be the sportiest freshwater fish. Small mouth are known for their fighting stamina and astounding leaping ability. Like largemouth, they will take almost any kind of lure or bait, but they generally prefer smaller sizes. Favorites include jigs, crankbaits, spinners, streamer flies, shiner minnow, crayfish, hellgrammites, leeches, and nightcrawlers. Smallmouth like clean, clear water. They are found in all types of natural and manmade lakes, but are most common in mesotrophic lakes and mid-depth reservoirs. Smallmouth also thrive in river and streams with moderate current. Seldom are they found in small ponds, lakes shallower than 25 feet, or any water that is continuously murky or polluted. They do not compete well with other predatory fish. Eating Habits Crayfish are the favored food, but smallmouth also eat larval and adults insects, frogs, and tadpoles, and a variety of small fish. Age & Growth Smallmouth live up to 18 years in the North, seldom longer than 7 years in the South. But southern smallmouth grow much faster. World Record 1955 - 11 pounds, 15 ounces, caught in Dale Hollow Lake, Kentucky. Edited by renegade, Jan 31 2008, 08:25 PM.



crisop	Jan 31 2008, 08:35 PM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 717 Group: Admins Member #7 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	and this is what a live smallmouth looks like. it's not the biggest but it's still a nice one Edited by crisop, Jan 31 2008, 08:37 PM.



renegade	Jan 31 2008, 08:50 PM Post #3
Administrator Posts: 885 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jan 24, 2008	:Laugh: That's a huge one......



crisop	Jan 31 2008, 09:01 PM Post #4
Administrator Posts: 717 Group: Admins Member #7 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	ya your telling me, he hit a topwater the exact same size as he was. talk about agressive



GET R DONE	Jan 31 2008, 11:05 PM Post #5
Fishin' for Loch Ness Posts: 817 Group: Global Moderators Member #12 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	lol,, sure is a Lunker Crisop



carew	Jan 31 2008, 11:20 PM Post #6
Larvae Posts: 25 Group: Regular Member Member #16 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	Youd better have that one mounted.



crisop	Feb 1 2008, 10:15 AM Post #7
Administrator Posts: 717 Group: Admins Member #7 Joined: Jan 31, 2008	i thought for sure that was a tourney winner for the big fish category but i was beat out by a few lbs



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