My Personal Best Spotted Bass

I caught my personal Best spotted bass in a creek a couple days ago on a nightcrawler. It was 16 inches long and about 3 to 3.5 pounds. If you want to see me catch it I made a youtube video
https://youtu.be/_HBCM8IpeBE

Nice fish man.

Is that what we call a largemouth in Nebraska? Or a blackbass.

Nice bass

Nice bass and good video

Congrats. Nice fish but looks like a Largemouth?

And don't be JByrding them fish!

Congrats on a nice largemouth!

Thanks! It's not a largemouth.

Yeah it's a spotted bass, mouth is to small to be a largemouth. Spotted bass mouth hinges in front of the eye largemouth hinges behind the eye.

Nice fish!

Ky bass and he is holding it correctly!!
Lol
Of course his hands look like the size of stop signs

Congratulations! That's a huge spotted bass. The girth on that fish is truly impressive. The relative weight is great.

Keith

Yea different patterns also .

Spotted bass are in the Micropterus or the so called black bass family with large mouth bass. They are a distinct species, though cross fertile with the other related species. That is a very good spotted bass. I've caught a very few longer, but none near that girth or weight. That fish is likely loaded with eggs.

Most of the bass in unstocked waters, near where I grew up, near Cincinnati, were spotted bass.

Keith

I stand corrected then. Nice catch!

Very cool!! Light colors in that one!

Very nice! Congrats!

Thanks everyone!

You need longah aahms !

The official Oklahoma state record spotted bass weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces, was 23.5” long and was caught in a farm pond in 1958. I personally think it was mis-identified but it’s the official record anyway.

WTG young man

Dandy

Yo should weigh it. Spots at 16 inches are about a pound and a half.

Good personal best hope you beat it one day.

Good one!

Nice catch buddy!!

Nice Fish

Great spot! An easy way to tell us if they have a “sandpaper” tongue. It’s called a tooth patch, but feels like sandpaper. We have some in our lakes down here. To me they fight a little harder than a largemouth.

Nice bass. Congratulations!!!

You better get a new scale . I’ve weighed hundreds of spotted bad in a lifetime of tournaments 13 inch spotted bass this time of year will go 1-1.5 lbs EASY . Right now they are like miniature footballs. Weighed a 3lb 12 ounce in an event was my biggest in a tournament. Had one 4.13 on my digital scales I carry in my boat .

This one my buddy caught weighed 2.47 on my scales . It was 15 in long .


For comparison he’s 6.3 245 lb