: 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 alsosmallmouth, smallmouth black bass
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Examples of smallmouth bass in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebGlen Canyon Dam managers will flush cold water from deep in Lake Powell into the Colorado River to help prevent invasive smallmouth bass from colonizing the Grand Canyon, federal officials announced Wednesday.—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024 Then, in 2022, biologists discovered hundreds of young smallmouth bass in the stretch of the river between the dam and Lees Ferry, portending a potentially catastrophic invasion if those fish were able to reproduce and stock the entire canyon with bass.—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024 Anglers can fish for largemouth and smallmouth bass, walleye, wiper, catfish, and trout.—Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024 With more than a dozen inland lakes and an abundant supply of muskies, smallmouth bass, and northern pike, the fishing at Tahquamenon is bar none.—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for smallmouth bass
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