Posted By: BUBBAJ 115
pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/16/15 02:40 AM
Caught today and weighed on certified scales.
Awesome Fish! Congratulations to the Angler!
Posted By: lenahorse
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/16/15 01:57 PM
That's a good one, we have been getting a few nice ones but not like that!
Posted By: TIM CLINE
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/16/15 02:03 PM
Be great cut bait for some of the catfish guys down there!
Posted By: roadtrip
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/17/15 09:26 PM
Does a yellow bass that size fight as good as a white? Great fish by the way. Congratulations!
Posted By: J-Moe
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/17/15 09:50 PM
Great Fish!!! .03 from being 2 lbs. You should have driven faster to the scales, LOL!!!
What did you catch him on?
Posted By: CHAMPION FISH
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/17/15 10:19 PM
Congratulations, nice fish.
Posted By: addicted to fishing
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/17/15 10:32 PM
congratz! that is one giant yellow bass!
Posted By: BUBBAJ 115
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/18/15 02:55 AM
Road trip, he did fight as good as the big sandies we were catching. J-Moe we had him in the live well for about 5 hrs and checked the lake record on the way home. I'm sure he May have been 2 lbs but it is what it is. Her is a pic right after it was caught.
Posted By: roadtrip
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/18/15 04:55 PM
That is just huge. I used to catch 'em all the time at Twok when I was tightlining for cats, using worms. They (the yellow bass) were pesky little baitstealers, they averaged about 7" long. It's amazing to see one that big.
I've always been curious how does TPW determine if it's a BASS, YELLOW or BASS, WHITE x YELLOW?
Posted By: BUBBAJ 115
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/18/15 08:13 PM
Good question. Based on yellow specs. This looks it May be a bass, white x yellow. I didn't even consider that it may be a hybrid.
Posted By: BUBBAJ 115
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/18/15 08:22 PM
Just checked to see if there is a tooth patch and there is so it is not a true yellow. So will not be a new record.
Those yellow X's fool us all the time. Still a nice fish,
Posted By: LUCKY14
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/19/15 01:50 AM
[quote=SalsaŽ]I've always been curious how does TPW determine if it's a BASS, YELLOW or BASS, WHITE x YELLOW?
Weirdly enough, I have the record on Tawakoni for one of those freaks, and at the time, it was a state record.
Bass, White x Yellow 3.50 pounds 18.00 inches Jul 15, 1989.
The TP&W biologists got excited over it and came and took a liver sample to make sure of what it was.
Posted By: Jedi-Ninja
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/19/15 03:38 PM
@ Tim Cline-- I hope they dont use it for bait...Its a gamefish and that is frowned on
Posted By: Jedi-Ninja
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/19/15 03:38 PM
@Salsa- They take a tissue sample and DNA test it. They did that for my record @ Benbrook
Posted By: roadtrip
Re: pending lake record Tawakoni yellow bass. - 02/19/15 03:55 PM
On a side note, I've heard these fish referred to as "bar bass" and "Louisiana bar bass".