Nick Williams Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Floated, and fished when I could, the Elk this weekend. Started on Friday night late with my fly rod throwing my own version of a crawdad. Started just before midnight and probably was out till about 2:30am. This was a couple firsts for me as well; first smallmouth on the fly rod and also first time fly fishing at night. Someone help me identify this next bass, I thought it was a smallie at first, but..... Then the lateral stripe in this picture was very clear. Spotted bass? Baby smallmouth? They were all over if you paid attention. I was trying to see what the forage was. There also quite a few baby flathead cats as well but I didn't get a picture of one. Huge scar on this smallie, it was on both sides too. Another picture. Early the next day we got up to float. I didn't use my fly rod because I didn't want to have to mess with it on the river so just an ultralight. Rock Bass? Another. Used a soft plastic Yum craw Same fish, red eye! It was pretty good fishing till we hit the party train... - Nick
troutbum479 Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Looks to be a black bass. The Elk is full of them. Looks like you did good. arkmoflyfishing.blogspot.com http://okietroutbum.blogspot.com/
Feathers and Fins Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Black bass... Smallie scar looks like a missed gig. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
Justin Spencer Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Looks like a largemouth not a spotted. "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
Nick Williams Posted June 19, 2012 Author Posted June 19, 2012 Looks like a largemouth not a spotted. Yeah, that's what it looks like, but it seemed to be quite a bit smaller mouth than I would have expected. - Nick
Justin Spencer Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Next time look for a rough patch on tongue (spotted), and see if the closed mouth extends past the eye (LMB) "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop
Nick Williams Posted June 19, 2012 Author Posted June 19, 2012 Yeah, I will. Do river largemouth grow physically different than other largemouth? Usually, of course there's never a huge amount of smallmouth where I fish, I have no problem telling its a largemouth, I don't ever have to check the tooth patch or jaw line. - Nick
troutbum479 Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Here's a black that I caught yesterday. I've caught a few spots, but not many in the Elk. I have caught a few mean mouths( spotted and smallmouth mixed). Some of the blacks have big mouths and some have smaller mouths. arkmoflyfishing.blogspot.com http://okietroutbum.blogspot.com/
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