Hey OP....at least you arent Cody Meyer! I think they pulled his spotted bass record because they deemed it something like an alabama bass instead of a spotted bass (which from my understanding are basically same-ish thing) and were trying to pull his record. not sure if it did...but imagine having this debate and then your record pulled! wish there was a better identifier....and I did not know that the tongue patch wasnt the way to check any more! good to know....but this will forever be a

Looks like he has some trout in him

This is a Texas spotted bass. Yours is a largemouth.