Hunting a good place to fish

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Compared to a largemouth of the same weight, a Kentucky is shorter, wider and thicker. They usually have a red eye, but not always. They have rows of spots low on the belly and they have a rough patch like a file on their tongue. On largemouth and true smallmouth the tongue is smooth. True Kentucky bass are great eating and if you catch one in an Ozark stream, do not release it… take it home and eat it. Release the smallmouth. Kentucky bass increase everywhere, smallmouth bass do not.


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