Growing and catching a 10.75" HBG is a real accomplishment. Great job Sprkplug. The mouth gage for Sprkplug's 10.75" HBG of 1" and the mouth gape of my 8.25" HBG above of 1.25"(32mm) are noticeably different. I measured my fish twice. This difference in mouth size must be due to HBG of different parental crosses of BG male X female GSF vs BG female X GSF male?. I would suspect a somewhat different body composition when the sex of the parent fishes are reversed. FYI - Mouth gape of a 8.25" green sunfish is 1.3" (34mm). By my measurement the mouth gape of a 8.25" LMB is 1.3" (33-34mm). Anyone else have any 8"-8.5" bass to measure the width of the open mouth?.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 08/17/14 04:12 PM.
