LMB fingerlings arrived ~ pics

[Venom SS]

Nice fingerlings Venom. These LMB's make very nice pets. They eat anything and they show lots of personality. Mine always comes up to me and allows me to even touch it. Only bad thing is that its pics on other fishes. So I had to give it away.

Anyways, I dont know what kind of LMB I had, but here it is.

That looks like a Spotted to me. As someone said earlier in the post the true Largemouth have a black edge on their tail, and a distinct black line running down their lateral line, rather than a broken spotted one.

 

[drewish]

But to the point, what does it matter if I got them from a hatchery or not? Youre throwing up some kind of big red conspiracy flag because I said I got them from a hatchery but they dont raise spots in hatcheries...who cares where I got them from? The simple fact is that I ordered fish, and these are what I got. Spots. So apparently someone is raising spotted bass, or else I wouldnt have got them. I am not the only one who ordered from this place, and they too received Spots.

I believe he is trying to help you with ID'ing these fish. If the hatchery sold you LMB, they are probaby LMB. Are you saying this place only breeds FL largemouth? If so, hatchery fish do not resemble wild fish exactly.

LMB and spotted bass are very difficult to differentiate at that size. Can you get a good picture of one of them? A detailed profile pic would help.

 

[Polypterus]

This can be settled rather quickly with the name of the Hatchery... Carolina biological supply is not a hatchery BTW...

 

[teleost]

Just trying to help. I could care less where you bought what but ID should be top of the list for discussion when in doubt.

 

[niblit]

im not sure if its just my fish but my lmb does not tolerate peacock bass at all and his growth rate to 18 in was much faster at which point the peacocks were gonners

 

[niblit]

venomss that is most definatly a lmb ive grown out two and and have a 3incher growing as well all three look exactly like that pic the little guy still does my big guy is about18in now and is all lmb

 

[le patron]

That looks like a Spotted to me. As someone said earlier in the post the true Largemouth have a black edge on their tail, and a distinct black line running down their lateral line, rather than a broken spotted one.

thats not true. ive had 4 for a long time and i am completely familiar with lmb and their differences from spots. mine all had broken lines, and they were all lmb because there are no spots even remotely close to me. Your reasoning is mixed up. Spots have solid lines when juvenile and lmb have broken lines when juvenile.
sorry but thats an lmb. this should help you. the picture in it is a juvenile spot
http://www.bio.txstate.edu/~tbonner/txfishes/micropterus%20punctulatus.htm

 

[Bottomfeeder]

thats not true. ive had 4 for a long time and i am completely familiar with lmb and their differences from spots. mine all had broken lines, and they were all lmb because there are no spots even remotely close to me. Your reasoning is mixed up. Spots have solid lines when juvenile and lmb have broken lines when juvenile.
sorry but thats an lmb. this should help you. the picture in it is a juvenile spot
http://www.bio.txstate.edu/~tbonner/txfishes/micropterus punctulatus.htm

*Buzzer in the backround* Wrong. I've caught LMB fry in cape cod that were Green with a solid line. Kentucky Spots fry have an orange tail and dont live in cape cod.

 

[Rakie]

Ahh... So cool.

Wish I had a nice big tank for some Bass

 

[03ltrain]

I have several LMB around the size of your fish, and they look exactly like your fish. I searched around on the internet to properly determine the species of the fish. I found a site (I will try to find it again and post a link) that gave tips on how to properly identify the fish. The only way to definnitively identify juvinile spotted, guadalupe, and LMB is the length of the mouth and how far it extends in relation to the eye. The LMB mouth extends past (behind) the eye, spotted and guadalupe bass's mouth will exted to the middle to back of the eye, and SMB mouth will exted to just infront to the front part of eye. I took one of my fish out of the tank and placed it on a towl and closely inspected the mouth, it clearly extended past the eye. From what I have found this is the most accurate way to identify the fish. I would suspect that this identification method will depend on the size of the fish as smaller specimens may not be mature enough for identification.
*Disclamer* I am not an expert, I do not stand behind this unscientific research. I have no expressed or implied expertise in this area of fish identification. I am not financailly or emotionaly liability in any way for my statements or claims. I have been legally declared mentally unfit to offer any form of expert advice or testomony. If you feel wronged by my statements then your reading of those statements constitutes your agreement to enter into binding arbortration at my discretion to resolve any an all conflicts.*Discalmer*