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On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:53:24 -0500, Rodney Long
wrote:

I don't "think" that is correct, (I don't know for sure) as we have the
Kentucky bass everywhere down here, and no small mouths, south of the
Tenn. river

I wouldn't say "no" smallmouths as many are reportedly caught in
Texas (state record is 7.93) and Georgia's state record smallmouth is
7 lbs. 2 oz. I would assume that there are some scattered smallies in
the southern states..

Everyone should keep in mind that there are other bass that look
similar to smallies and kentucky "spotted" bass too: Suwannee bass;
Redeye bass; Shoal bass...

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Dwayne E. Cooper wrote:
On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:53:24 -0500, Rodney Long
wrote:

I don't "think" that is correct, (I don't know for sure) as we have the
Kentucky bass everywhere down here, and no small mouths, south of the
Tenn. river

I wouldn't say "no" smallmouths as many are reportedly caught in
Texas (state record is 7.93) and Georgia's state record smallmouth is
7 lbs. 2 oz. I would assume that there are some scattered smallies in
the southern states..

They are in the state,, just "NONE" south of the Ten. river basin, they
have even tried stocking lakes and rivers further south, in Alabama, but
all stockings failed. The one they just knew would work was Lewis Smith
Lake, a very deep clear water lake, only about 50 miles south of the
Ten. River, but it also failed and they stopped trying after 5 years

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On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:16:16 -0500, Rodney Long
wrote:

They are in the state,, just "NONE" south of the Ten. river basin, they
have even tried stocking lakes and rivers further south, in Alabama, but
all stockings failed. The one they just knew would work was Lewis Smith
Lake, a very deep clear water lake, only about 50 miles south of the
Ten. River, but it also failed and they stopped trying after 5 years

If you are saying US, there are several recorded catches of
smallmouth below the Tennessee river line in different states.

But if you are saying that there were no smallmouth bass "in
Alabama" south of the Tennessee river area...I don't know about that
one.

However, I'd speculate that if they stocked Lewis Smith 5 years
ago with smallies...10-1 there are some smallies still in it and they
just haven't been found by the fisheries down there yet. I've seen
quite a few lakes here in Indiana where fisheries people didn't think
there were smallies in them and there were.

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Indianapolis, IN
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