Brian Jones Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Big gal was 20 inches long and weighed 4.71 lbs on my Rapala digital. Only problem is that she's a meanmouth/hybrid black bass/smallmouth-spot cross..... nomolites, tjm, Quillback and 12 others 15
ColdWaterFshr Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Nice Meramec fat pig! No disrespect on the genetic make-up whatsoever, at least not on my part. I would be thrilled to catch a fish like that. Congrats! Daryk Campbell Sr 1
rps Posted June 3 Posted June 3 I have come to believe the genetic cross may be one of the best things to have happened. I wish they could reproduce.
Johnsfolly Posted June 3 Posted June 3 15 hours ago, Brian Jones said: Big gal was 20 inches long and weighed 4.71 lbs on my Rapala digital. Only problem is that she's a meanmouth/hybrid black bass/smallmouth-spot cross..... That's a tank! Great catch!
Al Agnew Posted June 4 Posted June 4 21 hours ago, rps said: I have come to believe the genetic cross may be one of the best things to have happened. I wish they could reproduce. They can and do, with both parent species or each other. That's a big part of the problem. It's getting to where there are few pure smallmouth left in the lower portions of the Meramec river system; they've all been genetically polluted with spotted bass genetics. The hybrids have a bit better top end size than pure spotted bass, probably not as big a top end size potential as the smallmouth. They don't fight any harder than either species. tjm 1
Al Agnew Posted June 4 Posted June 4 That looks almost exactly like a hybrid I caught on Big River a few years ago. Mine was 21 inches, didn't weigh it. Greasy B, tjm, Brian Jones and 1 other 4
tjm Posted June 4 Posted June 4 22 hours ago, rps said: I have come to believe the genetic cross may be one of the best things to have happened. I wish they could reproduce. Well the problem is that they do reproduce. in my opinion it's one of the worst things that can happen. Endemic species are often endangered by introduction of species that can hybridize, like the stories of Alabama bass destroying Bertram's bass by interbreeding where the Alabamas were illegally introduced. Daryk Campbell Sr and BilletHead 2
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