Alabama Spotted Bass

[snookman]

Just picked up a spotted bass about 3.5" long. I'll post pics soon...


Justin

 

[DREAM-faw]

Cool. A spotted a bass huh? Never seen one in a aquarium before. Looking forward to the pics!

 

[snookman]

Here he is...

 

[fatherof5]

Nice markings.

 

[DREAM-faw]

Very nice markings & colors. Wish i could get one of those spotted.

 

[Mr.Nooby]

spotted bass are just another strain of small mouths. in mn they are more natives to lakes. if i were to get a small mouth i would go for a river small mouth. some of them got tiger stripes and orange colors markings lol

 

[AOmonsta]

nice looking fish. What water temp. do you keep them at?

 

[fisher12889]

That's a sweet fish! It's really got some awesome colors!

 

[snookman]

spotted bass are just another strain of small mouths. in mn they are more natives to lakes. if i were to get a small mouth i would go for a river small mouth. some of them got tiger stripes and orange colors markings lol

Smallmouth and spotted basses are 2 separate species and to go even further, the Alabama spotted has recently been upgraded to species level...no longer a subspecies of the Kentucky spotted bass. It is now simply called the Alabama bass.

My tank water is at about 75 degrees because of other tankmates and he's already eaten frozen bloodworms.

The area I collected him had a ton of these guys and juvie longears. It's a portion of the Coosa River below Lake Jordan in AL. I used a mask and snorkel to locate them and then netted them. I caught a ton of longears and about a half dozen AL spots but only kept the one because of tank space.

Justin

 

[snookman]

Some info I found: http://armchairanglers.wordpress.co...ms-that-alabama-bass-are-distinct-and-unique/