How do you tall the gender of a LMB?

[88GT]

Did a search here and googled it and found nothing about how to ID the gender of a LMB.

 

[santoury]

You generally cannot

 

[suckerfish]

males are usually smaller.
well, you can almost be sure if its a lunker its female, especially around nesting time.
so NO.

 

[id10t]

Or for a male catch it on a nest...

 

[ewurm]

If it has an attitude, definitely female. (Duck!)

 

[Bizzaro]

If it has an attitude, definitely female. (Duck!)

Lol i thought they got the hump on their head? or maybe i just fished up a hard headed one

 

[ewurm]

No Nuchal humps for LMB. I honestly can't tell the difference, except large gravid females.

 

[MicropterusSalmoides]

i rember something i found a while ago on google about the shape of its butt or something?

 

[systmofadwn]

pointier tailfin = male rounder = female, my buddy works for ohio state natural resource dept.

 

[fishguts]

the female has a huge kok while the male has a small kok..