This is the case with yellow bass. The distinct yellow belly of a fresh yellow bass may not be yellow on a large specimen. Woebbeking had learned to fish from his grandfather at a young age and had caught his share of yellow bass, including big ones. Woebbeking thought he had a yellow bass even though its color was not typical. Using the Internet to obtain identification clues, Woebbeking found that yellow bass were the only temperate bass with no tooth patch on their tongue.
All anglers have some great days about which they enjoy reminiscing.
Few anglers, however, have as good a day to remember as Jeremy White does about the afternoon of May 8, 2000. Fishing from the bank near US Highway 280, they used a chartreuse curly-tail jig along the bottom near the old Tallapoosa River channel. They each ended up with their limit of 30 crappie apiece. Lake Martin supports a large population of black crappie, but there are a few white crappie in there too. One of the crappie White caught that day was a 17-inch white crappie that was wide and full of eggs.