Types of Bass
Bass are the fish that got a generation into fishing, hard-fighting predators that ambush prey from cover in lakes, rivers and along the coast. The name covers two very different groups, the freshwater black basses and the true sea basses. Here are the bass in the Huck field guide, with how to identify each.
12 bass in the Huck field guide. Tap any one for identification, habitat, diet, and a live sightings map.
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What is the difference between largemouth and smallmouth bass?
The quickest tell is the mouth: on a largemouth the jaw hinge sits behind the eye, on a smallmouth it stops under the eye. Largemouth prefer warm, weedy, still water; smallmouth like cooler, rockier, moving water.
Is a largemouth bass actually a bass?
Not in the strict sense. Largemouth and smallmouth are black basses, members of the sunfish family, while true basses are a separate group that includes the sea basses and striped bass. They came to share the name by resemblance.