Fishing Species
Largemouth Bass Fish Species Information
Largemouth Bass bigfishtackle PM
| Label | Details |
|---|---|
| Scientific Fish Name: | Micropterus salmoides |
| Other Fish Name: | widemouth bass, bigmouth, black bass, bucketmouth, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, linesides, Oswego bass, southern largemouth |
| Regions Fished: | all lower 48 states of the U.S |
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| Additional Information: | As the name suggests this fish has a very big mouth and its jaw extends past the eye. You can also distinguish them as the bass with the horizontal stripe on their body. Largemouth have exceeded 10 pounds in Colorado and are renowned for their aggressive predatory behavior. Casting lures and plugs during dawn and dusk hours around cattails and sunken logs will give you the best chance to land one of the lunkers. |