How heavy and what type..
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Little Green Fish
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100% African
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I'd say its a small mouth bass in the same weight category. Reason for this is that the Lagre Mouth Bass's jaw (where the upper and lower parts meet to form a V) extends past its eye, and the Small Mouth Bass's jaw stops below the eye, like in the pic... Is there no other pic? That might help.
On another note, welcome to sealine, nice fish.
On another note, welcome to sealine, nice fish.
100% African wrote:
Looks like a Largemouth to me. The light colour is consistent with Largemouths found in water like that in the background where it was caught. Largemouths in turbid or muddy water (such as those caught in the Vaal Dam) look almost silver grey. The faint markings and general body shape of the bass in the pic = Northern strain Largemouth Bass.
Smallmouth Bass have red eyes and, generally, a more bronze body colour.
Where Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass occur in the same water, you sometimes find "hybrids" which makes positive identification more difficult.
Nice, solid Bass, matt123!
The jaw extends past the eye only when the mouth is closed ...
Looks like a Largemouth to me. The light colour is consistent with Largemouths found in water like that in the background where it was caught. Largemouths in turbid or muddy water (such as those caught in the Vaal Dam) look almost silver grey. The faint markings and general body shape of the bass in the pic = Northern strain Largemouth Bass.
Smallmouth Bass have red eyes and, generally, a more bronze body colour.
Where Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass occur in the same water, you sometimes find "hybrids" which makes positive identification more difficult.
Nice, solid Bass, matt123!
Little Green Fish
Sealiner
ok this fish was caught from clearer water than matt123's, but this fish is way bigger than matt's, now look at the physical size of the mouth on this and then compare it to the one matt caught (take note it's not his thumb sticking out in front, it's the bottom jaw) unless I'm off my trolley again? but the matt's fish's mouth is waaaaaay bigger than the bigger sized smallmouth- fish's
Another distinguishing feature is the triangular jaw extending plate to the rear and slightly to the top of the largemouth which doesn't appear on a smallmouth as wide (the hard part, cartilage) as is the case with largemouth.....
The way you identify it as a largemouth or smallmouth using colouring is to look at the bands. A smallmouth has vertical bands while a largemouth has a horizontal band across its lateral line.
That is just a very health, fat and happy largie.
I'd say it looks like a chunk so I would put the weight at 1.5-1.8kg's.
Also, since you are new at the sport, for photos (If you plan on releasing the bass.) when you hold a bass, you immobilize it with your thumb in its mouth like the photo above and support its belly with your other hand much like you are doing in your photo. Make sure the hand supporting the fish is wet so that you don't rub the protective slime of. It protects the fish from infection.
Enough with the lecturing.
Awesome catch.
That is just a very health, fat and happy largie.
I'd say it looks like a chunk so I would put the weight at 1.5-1.8kg's.
Also, since you are new at the sport, for photos (If you plan on releasing the bass.) when you hold a bass, you immobilize it with your thumb in its mouth like the photo above and support its belly with your other hand much like you are doing in your photo. Make sure the hand supporting the fish is wet so that you don't rub the protective slime of. It protects the fish from infection.
Enough with the lecturing.
Awesome catch.