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:D 8 pounds 4 ounces

Caught on a Gambler Cane Toad
Color: Fire Toad

sorry about the bad pic.i look like i have 3 chins but i don't really look like that.

http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fishing001st0.jpg

pretty big i gotta say

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Nice fish... did you say that was a spot? I've not caught a lot of spots in my life but that really looks like your run of the mill bucketmouth to me!

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Great fish, congrats!!

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no, i was asking if it was a spot. it had a smaller mouth than the typical largemouth but too small for a bucket. also the side of the fish has spots.

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Here is a decent link about differing between the 2. I also have seen people say that the spotted bass's dorsal fins arecloser togetherto seem like they are one fin while the largemouth has 2 almost completely seperate fins. I really don't know but if it is a spotted bass you missed your state record by like an oz. If it is a farm pond fish then I say largemouth but if it is a big water fish then I haven't a clue but I still think it looks like a bucketmouth. (granted i have never seen an 8lb spot)
http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=205

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im pretty sure its a spot. but we have put 6+ pound spots in this pond. well im goin back in 5 minutes lol

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I am not a genius but that definantely does not look like a largemouth too me???

None the less great fish!!!!! Congrats!!

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Looks like a Florida strain largemouth to me.

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Well I think I learned something here then? I never knew they changed in color from different parts of the country?
It is DARKER then usual isnt it? I can be wrong here?

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alright the color depends on the diet. also fish that live deep will be lighter colored and fish that stay less deep with be darker. ;)

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either way good fish

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great fish;)WTG, i also say largemouth, a spots jaw will stop even with the eye and a largemouths extends past the eye, the dorsal fin is also like one single fin, the largemouths almost look like two seperate fins, and a spot will have "teeth" on its tounge, as far as color, lot of things affect color, depth, water clarity, temp, and even stress, try catching a smallie put him in a livewell in 30min-1 hour thechange in color and pattern will be amazing.

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yup but she sure had a mouthful of some mean teeth

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Nice fish. Congrats.

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Congrats Childers,
Nice largemouth!! i boated 9 yesterday on a 6 inch Gambler worm myself.I missed a real nice one that surfaced. Nice color to your fish as well.
c7

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yeah it still has a good pattern as a little fish would. yeah i will def. be trying some more gambler stuff i already use their shakyhead jigheads. but i really like the 5 inch yum dingers and senkos

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Never heard of the diet causing fish to change color, but I do know that fish tend to be darker in clearer water and more pale in really muddy water.

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Yep, just like this one.

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hey solo was that from fork, do ya'll still make a yearly trip

good fish BTW

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m.t.hands....yes, that is at Fork.I do mak the yearly trip, my son lives there in Emory, so it's a good reason to make the trip as much as possible. It's not as good as it was in the early to mid 90's but there are still plenty of 6-10 pound fish in there.

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Scenery sure is nice...pretty fish too.

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heard that, i lived in tx between 86-94 and it was an unreal fishery, thought i had remebered you mentioning that you made a "regular trip" out that way, i have a friend that guides on fork he lives in Grand Saline, look forward to fishing it again (one of these days;))

take care, Keith

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If gas prices keep going up, I will be regulated to walking the creek by my house for those smallmouth.;)

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Hey guys, did we decide if it was a spot or largemouth

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This is a spotted bass.



IMHO Childers caught a largemouth bass.

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Not calling you a lier or anything but I've seen very few 7llb+ bass in my time and 2 10llb+ bass ever in my life. It looks to me like that one is around 5-7llbs max. I could be wrong cuz its a picture if Vista wasn't such a crappy system I'd have my drivers and show you my 9llb 2oz bass and it looks way bigger. Still a very nice fish! I hardly ever catch one like that in tourney's most of the monsters I catch come from a good ol' pond.

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it was def. that big. its called a scale and i got measurements to calculate as back up

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SMACKDOWN!

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can't really see how fat he is all the monster bass I caught were as longa s my arm, thick as my leg

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post some pics, would love to see them, BTW you can still enter the tournament;)

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Well I'm not a huge guy 25" pull on the bow so that should tell you something. I would love to enter the tourney but I think I'll be on duty...