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yakfisherman412
8/23/2015 12:00:20 PM

Im very confused about the species. Aren't red eye and small mouth the same thing? Anyways great fish. Caught on penn battle II, ugly stick, drop shot. Casted to center of stream. Felt a slight tug and set hook.

Catch Details

Smallmouth Bass
Shenango Reservoir

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    1. Ryhno4 0
      Beautiful fish!!
    2. yakfisherman412 0
      @MusicCityBass sounds like something to look forward to. Thanks for the info man.
    3. yakfisherman412 0
      @Mason_Cizek sorry about the late response. I appreciate the information.
    4. Mason Cizek 0
      Of spotted and smallmouth bass.
    5. Mason Cizek 0
      I have caught largemouth, smallmouth, spotted, and rockbass all with red eyes in a local creek. I believe it has to do with the clarity of the water. Coosa bass ...more (red eye bass) look almost like a mix
    6. MusicCityBass 0
      ...have travelled from other parts of the creek. It's just something that gets into the gene pool and gets passed along
    7. MusicCityBass 0
      ...mutation while others say it has to do with water clarity. I'm not really sure but the good thing is that it tells me what parts of the creek have resident ...more fish and what parts have fish that...
    8. MusicCityBass 0
      Yeah smallmouth and largemouth can have redeyes. I've noticed that in a creek I fish, there are stretches where all the bass will have redeyes and some stretches ...more where none will. Some say it's a...
    9. TennesseeTroutboy 0
      Redeye bass or "coosa" bass are native to northern GA, southeastern TN, and western AL. Rock bass are also called redeyes but they look completely different ...more than smallmouth.
    10. yakfisherman412 0
      @amBASSador12 oh ok. Thx
    11. Bluegilled pike 0
      Redeye and smallmouth are a different species but smallmouth can have red eyes.
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