Got to get out early this afternoon to the Whitewater. The smallies weren't where I thought they'd be but managed to squeak out a trifecta! Caught a Largie, Spotty and a Smallie. The Pic is of the best fish, a salty largemouth at 14". A good fight that started with a Zoom finess worm in green pumpkin with a 3/16 bullet sinker, texas rigged, thrown to a laydown.
The other two were 12" and 10" respectively.
Water is very low. Lots of fun all the same!
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Nice fish! One of each species of Ohio's native legendary bass sounds like a great day. Just curious, what made you decide that it is a largemouth and not a spotted? In southern Ohio rivers, I feel like spotted bass are more common/likely than largemouth (at least in SE Ohio where I cut my teeth river fishing). Also, that defined stripe of dots down the middle of the fish looks like a spotted. But you know the difference since you caught one of each; I don't think I've ever caught both species in the same day haha. It does look a little more pale in color than most of the spotted I have caught. I guess what I'm saying is that I have some trouble telling the difference, and usually base my decision on the context of the catch (river, lake, etc.).
Spotted bass have a rough patch or "tooth" on their tongue. Their look is very close. The spotty that I caught had the same look on its jaws like a smallmouth and the belly had horizontal lines that ran below the side stripe.
I catch alot of largemouth on this stretch. The water current is very slow and is near the Cambell Lakes Preserve which has a breech in its banks that allow largemouth to escape to the river.
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I won't argue that what is pictured is a largemouth (a nice one btw) but I did want say that although it is not common some largemouth do actually have that tooth patch on their tongue. For me the easiest/quickest way to distinguish the two species is to look at the dorsal fins. A largemouths will have a defined notch in the fins whereas a spotty will have little to no notch (or separation) in the dorsal fin.
That's a nice fish co-angler. I'm the guy that talked to you and your buddy while you were launching your kayaks. I didn't have any luck at Campbell lakes. I was mainly searching/exploring with a lipless crankbait. Attached is a photo of one of two white bass I caught in the WWR upstream of your launching point. I caught it on a white and blue spinner bait casting up and across a long run.
That's a nice fish co-angler. I'm the guy that talked to you and your buddy while you were launching your kayaks.
I think you have me mistaken for somebody else ( the poor bastard! ) I don't own a kayak and don't fish with anyone that owns one. I mainly wade the WWR if I don't rent a canoe.
As a matter of fact, I just got my license for my Mad River Canoe but have yet to get her wet.
I'll keep my eyes opened for you though.....
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Sorry for the mistaken identity. At least it gave me an excuse to post on here instead of constantly lurking! I usually wade the WWR at dry fork creek. This was my first time checking out the river near Campbell Lakes.
You can't go wrong with a Mad River Canoe. I have a Legend 15 that is awesome to paddle in these rivers. See you on the water!
A few hours on the WWR
A few hours on the WWR
) I don't own a kayak and don't fish with anyone that owns one. I mainly wade the WWR if I don't rent a canoe.
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