Walleyes are broadcast spawners, they drop their eggs closer to the surface in most cases while being surrounded by several jacks that fertilize the eggs and the eggs then sink to the bottom substrate to incubate, so there are no nests made or guarded. I also believe pound for pound walleyes lay more eggs that a small mouth does. This helps compensate for the lack of a nest and the guarding of such nest.

Small Mouth bass the males clear a area circular in shape and then entice as many females as they can to deposit their eggs within the confines of the nest. The male then guards the nest until the eggs hatch and the fry can fend for themselves somewhat. The building of the nest and the guarding of that nest is the main reason for the no possession limit during the time of the spawn. I do believe that large mouth and small mouth bass are actually members of the sunfish family and are not true bass as their name implies.

True bass are the white bass and white perch as well as the stripped bass and the hybrid wipers which are crossed between white and stripped bass.