03-18-2011, 02:51 PM
Sounds good to me, so if I'm understanding this right, there are basically 3 categories: Largemouth, Smallmouth, and Striped. And you can count other species of bass, but they will all fall into one of those 3 categories... correct? Ex. Spotted Bass will be grouped into the Largemouth category.
It may be a bit too late since we are already a few months into the contest, but might I make a suggestion? I think it would probably be a bit more fair to put Spotted Bass into the Smallmouth category. I mean, let's be honest... when you're talking big bass, Spotted Bass just simply can't compete with Largemouths. Smallies and Spots are much closer together in size. I can understand why we are grouping Spots in with the Largemouth since they look very similar and this is a photo contest, but anyone who has caught enough Spotted Bass and Largemouth Bass can instantly tell the difference just by looking at them... even if it is a photo. I guess it really doesn't matter to me since none of the lakes I fish have Spotted Bass in them (we've got Guadalupes that we incorrectly call "Spots"), but I just figured I'd throw it out there in case there's anyone out there who fishes Spotted Bass lakes a lot. Whatever the case... I'll be entering the Largemouth category. [cool]
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It may be a bit too late since we are already a few months into the contest, but might I make a suggestion? I think it would probably be a bit more fair to put Spotted Bass into the Smallmouth category. I mean, let's be honest... when you're talking big bass, Spotted Bass just simply can't compete with Largemouths. Smallies and Spots are much closer together in size. I can understand why we are grouping Spots in with the Largemouth since they look very similar and this is a photo contest, but anyone who has caught enough Spotted Bass and Largemouth Bass can instantly tell the difference just by looking at them... even if it is a photo. I guess it really doesn't matter to me since none of the lakes I fish have Spotted Bass in them (we've got Guadalupes that we incorrectly call "Spots"), but I just figured I'd throw it out there in case there's anyone out there who fishes Spotted Bass lakes a lot. Whatever the case... I'll be entering the Largemouth category. [cool]
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