Re: NANFA-L-- Smalmouth/Largemouth hybrid

madtom (madtom at itlnet.net)
Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:34:22 -0500

Just a guess, but could it have been a spotted bass?
Do they have spotted bass in Canada?

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From: <EELReprah at aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 5:03 PM
Subject: NANFA-L-- Smalmouth/Largemouth hybrid

> Last week while fishing in Ontario, Canada in a lake I have fished in for
> many years, I caught a fish that was colored like a largemouth bass but
had the
> mouth and eye position of a smallmouth bass. It fought and jumped like a
> smallmouth bass. I have caught many smallmouths over reefs like I was
fishing this
> time and have caught both smallmouths and largemouths in a ratio of about
4
> smallmouths to each largemouth. Unfortunately I forgot my camera and I
released
> the 11 inch fish relatively unharmed, without taking a picture. Is this
hybrid
> relatively common in nature? Is it known to be sterile?
>
> Lee Harper
> Media, PA
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