The more I look at the fish, the more I think it is a Meanmouth Bass. Cross between smallie and spot for those unfamiliar with the term.

Here's a little spot my son caught our last trip. Jawline shorter than a largemouth and the tooth patch on the tongue.

Wheeler Branch Smallie the other day.

My first mean mouth. Sweet! Almost 18" and 3.2lbs

Your sons fish, in the second pic, is definitely a Largemouth. The dorsal fin is clearly separated. A Spots dorsal fin is partially connected. Largemouth sometimes have the tooth patch on the tongue.

Is there largemouths and spots hybrids like the mean mouth? Will mean mouths breed back with other bass? I've heard hybrids are sterile but not sure how true that is.

I think you guys might actually be right about it being a meanmouth. It's a really odd looking bass, clearly not a largemouth and it really doesn't look like a smallmouth. Cool looking either way.

Hybrid vigor, also why hybrid striper are so strong for their size, you put male smallmouth in a lake and they will cross with both spots and largemouth, they did a study of this on squaw creek years ago.While not impossible I don't think it happens in the wild, like cause are male smallmouth, they've had problems with smallies crossing out all the guadalupe bass down in central texas too. I think they are mostly sterile.

Kentuck for sure

I believe it's a mean mouth and if so the first I have seen out of ray bob, so when are we going fishing? I'll bring the crankbaits.

Definitely smallmouth in RR. Caught a few last summer.

Doesn't look like a spot or smallmouth to me. First I've heard of a mean mouth, but after looking at some pictures, I could buy it.

Thanks for all the comments on this. I learned some more about the different bass species that are right here in our lakes.

Catch it close to the dam?

That is a meanmouth...I think.

Looks like a smallmouth to me, not a Spot.

Never seen a meanmouth unless this is the first one.