Think I may have caught a meanmouth

[MOPanfisher]

Went to stockton tonight to try my luck, caught 2 eaters but first caught a bass.  Was sort of greenish colored with no discernable line or spots.  Jaw didn't go past the eye either, but definitely wasn't a smallmouth.  One of the very few times I wish I had taken my phone with me.  When I caught it, something just seemed different about it, then noticed the smaller mouth and got to looking at it closer.  Wasn't big maybe 14 inches at best.  Was neat to catch though even if it wasn't another wally.

[Dutch]

We have caught a few.  The look like a smallmouth/spot cross.  Some like but also unlike each of the other species.

[Cobra 188D]

Yeah their are defiantly mean mouth in Stockton I caught one about 14" a few weeks ago cool looking fish for sure 

[lundone]

There is also a Red eye bass and we are on the north edge of its range but I have caught what I thought were some in the Pome river and in Stockton.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redeye_bass  I am no bass expert but they did have red eyes and looked like the pictures.  Anyone else caught bass with bright red eyes?

 

[moguy1973]

5 minutes ago, lundone said:

There is also a Red eye bass and we are on the north edge of its range but I have caught what I thought were some in the Pome river and in Stockton.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redeye_bass  I am no bass expert but they did have red eyes and looked like the pictures.  Anyone else caught bass with bright red eyes?

 

None of those in Missouri.  Smallmouth bass can have red eyes though, and so can spotted bass.

[straw hat]

Ditto Moguy.

[CoolHandFluke]

I have caught some red eye bass in Shoal Creek near Neosho!

[shrapnel]

My Son caught two fish at LOZ this past weekend that he swore were some kind of small mouth hybrid.   Green fish, red eyes.

[MOPanfisher]

What exactly constitutes a meanmouth.  Is it a largemouth/smallmouth, largemouth/Spotted, Spotted/ Small Mouth, or are they all 3 meanmouths.  Being sunfish I assume that the hybridizing across them is fairly easy and common.

[lmt out]

YES I am gonna need to see a pic of one.