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He was "trolling" alright... sounds like he should learn how to fish before manning a nice boat like that. KVD is a trollfessional lol?

Only dumb because I wondered if there was any some truth to it... So I was bass fishing on the bank of a gravel-pit in the winter and this guy who was trout fishing it started up a conversation about his Florida record bass he won some $ for.... he managed to get me actually wondering for a second because he was specifying that is was a "rare bucketmouth strain of Florida largemouth bass". I've caught a couple bass in my 20+ years of bass fishing... but this was actually a first... I played along with it thinking he was just f.in around with me... I saw the photo... nice older heavy largemouth bass... but it was in my opinion it was just a nice old larger than avg fish that wasn't obese, but just old and in great shape. Then I thought about it... some of the 9 black bass species have been discovered over the last 50 years and genetically classified... (and I'm ready for the rapid-fire remarks) because this might be the oldest joke played on someone in the bass fishing culture that I don't know about... or is there actually a subspecies of the FL largemouth that is not just an older fish with a larger head... but naturally has a bigger jaw and mouth than the regular northern and Florida strains? A very rare mutation? I have caught my share of beautiful bass with melanosis... incredible black coloration... that's usually environmentally triggered. I've caught some older bass with some huge mouths... but this is something with noticeable proportions for size. Not just a lean older bass. I need proof this isn't one of the better bass jokes played on ppl or maybe the guy just didn't know what the hell he talking about... but the "rare" factor was the hook of intrigue that lured me in to actually ask this one... remember I'm still thinkin it's either a joke, the guy was misinformed, or embellishing the truth. If not I hope I didn't just start a crazy search for the "Infamous Rare Biggermouth Bucketmouth Bass"... Only way I'll go farther into this one is if someone shows genetic biological evidence of this. If it wasn't the dumbest bass related thing I can remember hearing recently... it's definitely got me asking one of the dumbest bass questions I've ever asked on a forum lol!