I Caught one (I think...) OTF. 3.5-4lbs.
The fish has red eyes...vertical stripes and one long horizontal bar...bronze colored...but the mouth of a largemouth.
Hybrid?
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Redeye?
I Caught one (I think...) OTF. 3.5-4lbs.
The fish has red eyes...vertical stripes and one long horizontal bar...bronze colored...but the mouth of a largemouth.
Hybrid?
Last edited by BigBrother; 07-11-2008 at 09:06 PM.
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No idea... I've never caught one.
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do you have a pic of the fish?
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I belive there is a species of largemouth called the redeye.
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I killed him, (yeah I am a fish killer), he lost a lot of his markings in between the water and the tailgate. the vertical stripes arent visible in the photos.
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looks like a largemouth to me...never really payed attention to their eyes though.
bet that thing was fun on a fly rod
good job
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the jaw extends past the eye it is a largemouth. redeyes looks like a cross between a spot and a smallmouth. the also have a tooth patch on there tongue. they are in jocassee keowee and hartwell.
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not a redeye. They typically are smaller fish found mostly in GA and FL. More like a shoal bass than largemouth.
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Originally Posted by BRR
That is what was messing us up...
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Looks like a fat largemouth to me
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Nice fish! Back in the 1970s and 80s you could catch a few real small redeyes (1/4 lb > 1lb) between 28 bridge and Big Bend. That was when I drove my 66 Bronco all the way up the GA. side to the gorge. Throught the Banjo pickers yard, just off 28!!! {:>) Thats a good-un, which ever it is.
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Thats a largemouth...redeye or "Coosa" bass are found in lakes around here, and even more so in GA and AL however hardley ever get over 1-2lbs. I think the angler record is around 3.5 lbs. But i've personally never seen one over 2....regardless, excellent fish on the fly!
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Yeah, you are right...I think I wanted it to be a redeye. I was in a spot someone said they were catching them before...saw the redeye...and put it in my head. The fish woulda lived otherwise. I may can stretch it and say it is a hybrid...BTW, the state record redeye was caught on Jocassee at 5.3 lbs.
He was the first one on my new 8wt. Yeah, it was a blast...
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I read somewhere that fish was later determined to be a hybird, and the record went back to 3.5ish, but according to DNR its still 5.3#Yeah, you are right...I think I wanted it to be a redeye. I was in a spot someone said they were catching them before...saw the redeye...and put it in my head. The fish woulda lived otherwise. I may can stretch it and say it is a hybrid...
He was the first one on my new 8wt. Yeah, it was a blast...
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He's just hung over. Nice ice breaker with the new whipstik, though.
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