5Lb 2oz White Bass

[BF aka Bassfisherman]

Hi folks here's that 5 Lb 2 Oz White Bass caught on the Frio River on April 2, 2006

STATE RECORD: 5 LB 8.69 OZ




[This message has been edited by BF aka Bassfisherman (edited 26 April 2006).]

I will preface this with the fact that I can't tell very well from the picture, so I'm just asking a question. The lips and fins on that fish look more like a drum than a white bass, at least from what I'm seeing. You absolutely positive you have a white bass there?

[lcastr]

I caught my share of white bass this spring. I agree with ol' blue. It looks like a drum to me.

[BF aka Bassfisherman]

yes im shure game warder was checking stringers

[gqualls]

I used to catch lots of white bass in the Ohio River in Kentucky. My personal best was 17 1/2 inches. While it was a nice fish I'm sure it weighed in around 3 pounds. The fish the gentleman has in the picture looks more like a drum to me. Also, the fish looks to be a little shy of the 5lb. mark. Like others have suggested, it could be the quality of the picture on my screen.

[rookie]

It looks to me like the nose is turned to far down, dorsal fins wrong and lateral lines missing to be a white bass. And I could be very wrong. Nice fish.

All fins look wrong, dorsal, pec, tail, etc.

Steve (Rookie)

[This message has been edited by rookie (edited 27 April 2006).]

[Mike Bee]

I have to agree, maybe the wrong pic was posted... sure doesn't look like a white bass to me! Look at some of these pics: [url=http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=38&?AID=1255:19ce6]http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/fish.cfm?ID=38&?AID=1255[/url:19ce6]
[url=http://www.landbigfish.com/gallery/trophyroomresults.cfm?fish=White%20Bass:19ce6]http://www.landbigfish.com/gallery/trophyroomresults.cfm?fish=White%20Bass[/url:19ce6]

Specifically, I'm referencing the rear dorsal fins as my identification along with the lips.

[url=http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/fishing/fish_id_gallery/drum:81832]drum[/url:81832]

[url=http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/drum.html:81832]drum[/url:81832]

[url=http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/fishing/fish_id_gallery/white_bass:81832]white bass[/url:81832]

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[biot midge]

Here's a white bass that I caught a while back. I know it's not 5 lbs but it was fun.



Steve

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[jargo432]

Spooky!!! The picture that biot midge post looks almost exactly like one of mine. Is that a Ticr? I started a photo species book this year and my picture of a sandbass looks so much like his it really blew me away.

Also, that ain't no sandie in the top picture.