Had five consecutive good trips including a half day that boasted 22 shoalies and 4 spots

 

I've caught 5 fish 4 lbs or larger this year, catching the same 4 lb 12 oz fish twice on consecutive days albeit under different circumstances. That fish was a tie for my pb.

Sweet fish! Cool looking spot! Those rocks look like sweet structure

Yes, beautiful location reminds me of a few spots.

Nice fish... They are quite large for the water I would say.... Congratulations on on great fishing trip!

What exactly is a shoal bass?

Nice, I like the fish and the scenery

Thats pretty awesome, I've never seen a bass with that pattern before.  Great job and great fish!

I could be mistaken , but aren't shoal bass only native to georgia , possibly alabama , tn ?

nice fish!

That looks like a wicked awesome place to fish.

Nice!

Thats pretty awesome, I've never seen a bass with that pattern before. Great job and great fish!

That's how you can tell a Shoal lm bass from any other lm bass.

they're not a lm bass. they are a shoal bass. native to Georgia, part of Florida and Chattahoochee tributaries in Alabama

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoal_bass

yes they can be caught in skinny water but I assure you that river is quite large. you are just seeing a finger of it there.

in Georgia they are native to the flint and hooch which form the appalachiacola  (sp?) after lake Seminole. there is also a well established non-indigenous population in the Ocmulgee and purportedly other rivers in Georgia. Georgia also boasts a non-indigenous smallmouth bass population in the savannah river and also in a small portion of the Chattahoochee which also features spots, shoalies, and lm - crowded huh?

they're not a lm bass. they are a shoal bass. native to Georgia, part of Florida and Chattahoochee tributaries in Alabama

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoal_bass

Ok, then I stand corrected.

Well I knew they were a special type of bass.

Well I knew they were a special type of bass.

 

that they are, they are one of the most beautiful and most hard fighting if not the of all the black bass.