# what kind of fish is this?

**URL:** <https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/153653>\
**Category:** Freshwater Fishing General\
**Created:** [July 18, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/153653 "2009-07-18T17:05:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rw02kr43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@rw02kr43](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/rw02kr43)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/153653/1 "2009-07-18T17:05:53Z")

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Caught it today while wading in the river. Put up one heck of a fight

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/bigfishtackle/original/3X/2/9/2996b8fdcfa2e164aae33102429aae5a7f065140.jpeg)

Jason

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**Author:** ![FishinHippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@FishinHippy](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/FishinHippy)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/153653/2 "2009-07-18T17:44:53Z")

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That my friend is a smallmouth, they are known for thier fight. The one you caught is a pretty nice smallie, they run smaller than Largemouth. Great catch!

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**Author:** ![dradican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@dradican](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/dradican)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/153653/3 "2009-07-21T23:14:05Z")

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yea, nice smallmouth -

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**Author:** ![richyd4u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@richyd4u](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/richyd4u)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/153653/4 "2009-07-24T05:17:06Z")

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You are no longer a smallie virgin, congratulations!

-Rich

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**Author:** ![trophytrout89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@trophytrout89](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/trophytrout89)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/what-kind-of-fish-is-this/153653/5 "2009-08-31T22:49:12Z")

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nice fish