i need some help on something. in my local lake in watsonville CA. we have largemouth. and i suspect spots to. im getting confused because ill catch a fish and it will have features that both blacks and spots have. i.e. rough patch on tounge yet the dorsal fins are barely connected or not at all. like they should be. then ill catch one that looks like a spot but no rough patch on the tounge. i know not all spots have this. i also have no idea how the spots got there if they are spots. the lake is 20 ft. deep at max capasity. the water is murky. its not clean. and the temp is always up there in the high 50's at the least.

Just type in the words " bass identification " on your browser and you will find several sites that will show you pictures. Hope this helped you. 

Hybrids?

Spots are similar to smallmouth in that their jaw doesnt extend past their eye however a largemouths jaw does. Hope this helps!!

the fish have those qualities and those of largemouth. thats why im confused. ill catch one and upload pics of different angles.