Most Spotted Bass in North Carolina are actually Alabama Bass once you get out of the Tennessee drainage
2017: Total species (44), New (12)
2018: Total species (94), New (50)
2019: Total species (115), New (48)
2020: Total species (63), New (9)
2021: Total species (72), New (11)
2022: Total species (150), New (58)
2023: Total species (131), New (46)
I would guess that they are all Alabama since people like to stock bigger fish and Alabama Bass get bigger than Spotted Bass but I don't know the source of every stocking so it is possible there are some. If there are it would make more sense for them to be in a neighboring drainage to the Tennessee since they wouldn't have to travel very far so an angler could put some in a bucket and dump them somewhere else. Your fish doesn't have the more obvious traits of an Alabama Bass (slender, blotchy lateral stripe, pointy tale) but I still think Alabama is more likely
2017: Total species (44), New (12)
2018: Total species (94), New (50)
2019: Total species (115), New (48)
2020: Total species (63), New (9)
2021: Total species (72), New (11)
2022: Total species (150), New (58)
2023: Total species (131), New (46)
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FishNerd
Sat, 08/26/2023 - 16:34
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Alabama Bass
2017: Total species (44), New (12)
2018: Total species (94), New (50)
2019: Total species (115), New (48)
2020: Total species (63), New (9)
2021: Total species (72), New (11)
2022: Total species (150), New (58)
2023: Total species (131), New (46)
Reddrumkid
Sun, 08/27/2023 - 10:06
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Bass
Hello, so like above you said they would be Alabama Bass in that area, would they all be Alabama or could there still be some Spotted?
Zach
FishNerd
Mon, 08/28/2023 - 09:23
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I would guess that they are
I would guess that they are all Alabama since people like to stock bigger fish and Alabama Bass get bigger than Spotted Bass but I don't know the source of every stocking so it is possible there are some. If there are it would make more sense for them to be in a neighboring drainage to the Tennessee since they wouldn't have to travel very far so an angler could put some in a bucket and dump them somewhere else. Your fish doesn't have the more obvious traits of an Alabama Bass (slender, blotchy lateral stripe, pointy tale) but I still think Alabama is more likely
2017: Total species (44), New (12)
2018: Total species (94), New (50)
2019: Total species (115), New (48)
2020: Total species (63), New (9)
2021: Total species (72), New (11)
2022: Total species (150), New (58)
2023: Total species (131), New (46)
Nichole24
Mon, 09/04/2023 - 18:29
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bass ID
Thanks for the tips!
Nichole
Reddrumkid
Sun, 08/27/2023 - 10:07
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Spotted
The Spotted Bass I have on my life list was caught in the Deep river in the Piedmont area, should I change it to an Alabama Bass on my life list?
Zach