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smallmouth bass
noun
small·mouth bass
ˈsmȯl-ˌmau̇th- 
: a black bass (Micropterus dolomieu) of clear rivers and lakes that is bronzy-green above and lighter below and has the vertex of the angle of the jaw falling below the eye
called also smallmouth, smallmouth black bass
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Fish native to the Jackson River (which feeds into the dam) like smallmouth bass, rock bass, and chain pickerel can also be caught in the lake.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
When the lake warms, smallmouth bass swim toward shallower water to spawn.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Certified weight records will be available for black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, channel catfish, common carp, flathead catfish, lake trout, northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye and yellow perch.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Cold water shots into the Colorado River slow a bass invasion in the Grand Canyon
From fowl to fish, Brandon Loomis took us to the Grand Canyon earlier this year to report on the continuing saga of the invasive smallmouth bass.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
When the lake warms, smallmouth bass swim toward shallower water to spawn.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Certified weight records will be available for black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, channel catfish, common carp, flathead catfish, lake trout, northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye and yellow perch.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Cold water shots into the Colorado River slow a bass invasion in the Grand Canyon
From fowl to fish, Brandon Loomis took us to the Grand Canyon earlier this year to report on the continuing saga of the invasive smallmouth bass.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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smallmouth bass
noun
small·mouth bass
ˌsmȯl-ˌmau̇th-
: a black bass that lives in clear rivers and lakes and is bronze green above and lighter below
called also smallmouth black bass
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