New Mystery Bass specie caught at Doordekraal... pls help identify

Mr Plastic

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Hey people I caught this bass this morning...... Never seen any fish like this before... Please help me..... Is this a new specie coz of cross breeding or what?
 

Mr Plastic

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I caught it this morning..... its got a very round shape.....green in color and a weird shaped mouth.... Pic will be uploaded now
 

padda man

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soooo its n bit round have looked think its new specie  :cong::cong::cong::cong::lol:1:lol:1:lol:1:lol:1:lol:1:lol:1
 

Herman Nel

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Hi Guys!

I looked it up in Paul Skeltons book and can id it as Micropteus Tennisballeus!
A very rare specie that take soft plastic and occasionally crankbaits.

it has been known to survive long periods of time out of water ( even longer than a barbel!) and kids and some sportsmen play with this very docile creature.
When exited it has the ability to "bounce" and sofar no fatal attacks on humans have been documented.

One of its favorite pastimes is to jump through glass windows ( I presume it mistakes the windows for water?) and take joyrides in the mouth of a dog. ( Apparently the dog saliva restores lost moisture...)

Find attached a pic of recent damages caused by one of these fish!

Regards
Herman
 

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Mr Plastic

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lol thanx 4 all the info on the rare specie.... seems like quite a tough lil monster.... i must admit tho i do prefer catching the normal largies and smallies 2 the tennis ball bass
 

Herman Nel

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Here is what happened to an angler that made one of these tbbass angry!
 

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