Big M area 12/18

[Dutch]

I doubt that the population would change much.  How many of these "meanmouth" do you guys catch in a year?  I only remember catching a couple at Stockton and a guest caught one once.

[Johnsfolly]

10 hours ago, Daryk Campbell Sr said:

Bream, bluegill , perch...   hybrid, meanie,.....  potato/pahtatto.   

Oh the horror! 

[Champ188]

I caught a beautiful SM/LM cross near Shell Knob a few years back and I believe I posted the pic here. I also sent it by email to MDC and they thanked me for the pic and confirmed it was indeed a SM/LM cross. I had seen plenty of SM/spot hybrids (meanmouths) but that was one of the first SM/LM crosses I had witnessed. 

So yes, they will cross-breed in the wild. 

[Terrierman]

Always remember:  If it's not forbidden by the laws of nature, it's mandatory.  So if they can cross in the lab, they WILL cross outside the lab.  Maybe not very often, but they will.

[huntest]

We released this fish but gentleman who made a replica for us was from Smithville in NW Missouri. He has a degree in Marine Biology.

He said this fish was a cross between a smallmouth and a largemouth. It did have brown eyes not red ones like a spot hybrid.

 

[Johnsfolly]

7 hours ago, huntest said:

We released this fish but gentleman who made a replica for us was from Smithville in NW Missouri. He has a degree in Marine Biology.

He said this fish was a cross between a smallmouth and a largemouth. It did have brown eyes not red ones like a spot hybrid.

 

Would love to see a photo of that replica. That's a toad!

[huntest]

Here is a picture of the replica...it's hard to get a reference for the size on that wall

[Champ188]

Just a gorgeous job on that replica.