Randy,

You could have stumbled onto something, I would start moving out and
look at some offshore stuff (maybe you already fish that stuff), find
some humps, sharp drops , curves, etc.
I would think it would be possible that maybe a small population could
exist without you ever knowing it, but it depends on the available
structure and the size of the body of water. If the body of water is
really small, and available structure is limited I would think (like you
mentioned) that you would have caught them before it there was a
significant population.
I know Spots and Smallmouth cross breed (meanmouth), but I thought I had
read some years back about a lab engineered cross of a smallmouth and
largemouth in Cali. It was a LONG time ago that I had read that
article, but I believe it was either in Field and Stream or Outdoor Life.

Chris
Alwaysfishking wrote:
Ok this one kinda shocked me. Was out early fishing with Jeremy on the small
lake here in NE Pennsylvania, Now I have fished these lakes for over 7 years
now and thought I had caught every fish in them. LM bass, Catfish, toothy
critters, sunfish, bluegill, even eels.

Well as we were fishing Jeremy has his spinnerbait just get slammed by a
fish. It leaps, looks like a good fish then manages to put a decent bend in
his rod till he gets it into the boat. As he;s lifting it over the side, I
saw something that I never saw before in these waters. A smallmouth bass.
Beautiful fish in the 2-2 1/2 pound range. And living up to everybit of the
name bronzeback. I was stunned. We both kinda looked at each other with that
"what the f%^&" look.


So now I have a bunch of questions.

1) Whats the chances that there are more in this lake and that me Dave and a
variety of other anglers have never caught any? ( Me thinks not possible)

2) What are the chances that this SM was the only one released in this lake
by someone?

3) Do smallmouth bass and Lm bass cross breed?

Hell and I have to move now