distinguish between male and female LMB

i read some online, but just wanted to get you guys knowledge on how to tell a male/female LMB. thanks in advance. i was at lake bastrop today and caught 12. all twos and threes. i was trying to figure out if they were males adjust my pattern for bigger females.

On fish that size it's really hard to tell without a scale sample, but a male bass has a round anal orifice/vent and females are elongated.

The female will always have credit cards and the male will carry a large stack of bills.

FACT^

Most all females are DD's and males are just D size

Wouldn't most females this time of year have a big belly with the eggs?

i askt the folks n Athens about this and they told me this...scale sample...i was gonna stock my tank with females only since they get bigger...good thought...didn't work

This time of year, the males are pi$$ers. Just squeeze lightly to see if you get a stream. We have learned this from catching the big males in Mexico. A 5 lb. male can shoot a stream.

Um thats not pi$$............

If your catching females you are probably waiting for a check after the tourney, if you are catching males you are driving home with no money. That is how you tell.

Looks like it, taste like it, burns your eyes; so what could it be.

From the sound of it your holding those fish wrong also.

If it's gel-like and comin' from the male.........look out! "Don't get it in your eye" I always tell her....

Hahaaaaa funny thing is when I was young I caught a bass and told my dad "it peed on me" he said I dont think that's [censored] son. Now I know what he meant 20 something years later

I was told the females are the ones with the bigger mouths.

My goodness this heads downhill fast.


This time of year you just give their belly a very gentle squeeze and if a yellowish clear jelly-like substance comes out, she's a she.

I was told by a trophy lake owner that you can do a paperclip test. I was told that on males it would only go in about 1/8" to 1/4". Not sure that it is true or if it potentially damages the fish in any way. I did not see it done so I really don't know for sure if it works or not. Either way, I bet the fish gets a weird look on its face when you try it.