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Jammer19
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small mouth???

Post by Jammer19 » Fri May 25, 2012 2:54 pm

I caught a 17" 2.5 lb fish at lake meridian in kent on wednesday.... not sure if it really was a small mouth. It had the small mouth coloring but the eyes were different than any smallmouth I have ever seen. Bright red outer with a very small black spot in the middle. It also did not fight at all. It gave me two head shakes and then nothing... just reeled it in. Anyone ever see this before? [confused]
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Amx
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Re: small mouth???

Post by Amx » Fri May 25, 2012 2:59 pm

Male Smallmouth exhausted from making a nest?
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FishingFool
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Re: small mouth???

Post by FishingFool » Fri May 25, 2012 11:23 pm

Sounds like a well seasoned SMB, lol. There are some beasts in Meridian. I will surely miss them. :(
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MarkFromSea
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Re: small mouth???

Post by MarkFromSea » Sat May 26, 2012 12:15 am

I recently read the red eyes indicate a small mouth bass that has just recently moved from deep water to shallow water.......
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BentRod
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Re: small mouth???

Post by BentRod » Sat May 26, 2012 7:29 am

I've caught red eye'd smallies before. Didn't think it was too unusual. Also didn't question whey they had red eyes....interesting.
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arniejl
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Re: small mouth???

Post by arniejl » Sun May 27, 2012 6:27 am

With AMX here, male smallies tend to have red eyes. Females do not, from what I understand.
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YellowBear
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Re: small mouth???

Post by YellowBear » Sun May 27, 2012 8:34 am

Could it have been a Tench?
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