03-19-2011, 02:58 PM
See, that's exactly my point though. You do know that the world record for Spotted Bass is only 10.48lbs while the world record for Smallmouth Bass is 11lbs 15oz... right? While Spotted Bass may look similar to Largemouths, they come no where near as close in size... not even down here in the South. In talking size, smallies and spots are on much more equal footing than largemouths and spots. Generally speaking, the bench-mark for a trophy-sized largemouth is about 10lbs, while the bench-mark for both smallies and spots is about 5-6lbs. All I'm saying is... no matter where you go in the country, smallmouths and spots run the same size... largemouths are much bigger than either.
However, none of this really matters to me because I don't really fish any smallmouth or spotted bass waters where I currently live (occasionally, but not often), so I'll be entering the largemouth category. [cool] And it probably won't matter to anyone because either way, there's only a handful of bodies of water in the nation that can produce Spots big enough to compete with big smallies... and I don't think there's anyone that posts on this board who fishes those few bodies of water. [
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One last question... to submit a catch, does it need to be posted in this thread? Or where should it be posted?
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However, none of this really matters to me because I don't really fish any smallmouth or spotted bass waters where I currently live (occasionally, but not often), so I'll be entering the largemouth category. [cool] And it probably won't matter to anyone because either way, there's only a handful of bodies of water in the nation that can produce Spots big enough to compete with big smallies... and I don't think there's anyone that posts on this board who fishes those few bodies of water. [
]One last question... to submit a catch, does it need to be posted in this thread? Or where should it be posted?
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