How to Use smallmouth bass in a Sentence
smallmouth bass
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And now, the state record for smallmouth bass has been bested.
—Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 12 Mar. 2021
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Plenty of largemouth and a few smallmouth bass came to the scales.
—sacbee, 15 Jan. 2018
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And how about the effect on the premiere species, smallmouth bass?
—David Peterson, Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2022
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Though smaller in size than the largemouth, the smallmouth bass is no less of a gamefish.
—Popular Science, 1 June 2020
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Most anglers catch and release the steelhead trout and the smallmouth bass.
—D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 12 May 2022
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Straight Worm is one of my favorite smallmouth bass baits.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2023
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To pick up the slack, smallmouth bass have been moving into the Northeast Ohio rivers to spawn.
—D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 12 May 2022
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One hit came in the form of a smallmouth bass invasion in the Lees Ferry stretch just upstream of the park.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
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The smallmouth bass run on the Rocky and Chagrin rivers is just getting started.
—D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 20 Apr. 2018
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Big pike, walleyes, and largemouth and smallmouth bass add space to this fishery.
—Steve Quinn, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2020
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The river fishing is still good, though, for big smallmouth bass.
—cleveland, 20 May 2021
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Like smallmouth bass, adult walleyes have been spotted below the dam, though they are not yet known to have spawned there.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022
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At Beaver Lake, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass must be 15 inches or longer to keep.
—Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2022
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The lake is home to a wide variety of fish—smallmouth bass, walleye, and northern pike to name a few.
—Outside Online, 2 June 2022
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And anything that will put smallmouth bass on your line is worth doing.
—Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 1 Mar. 2021
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Fishing is good for landlocked salmon, lake trout, white perch, and smallmouth bass.
—Virginia M. Wright, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2021
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Let the current do the work and reel in those Buffalo River smallmouth bass.
—Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2021
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The few who were fishing were able to get smallmouth bass from 1 to 2 1/2-pounds using nightcrawlers near the Cascade shoreline.
—sacbee, 11 Sep. 2017
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Largemouths do grow larger than smallmouth bass, and can weigh twice as much.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
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Those on the trip spent their nights camping on gravel bars, and their days catching smallmouth bass.
—Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2020
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Could humans be following in the wake of smallmouth bass?
—M. Boone Mattia, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2020
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For bass, topwater baits appear to be the bait of choice, at 5-10 feet for smallmouth bass and in thick weedbeds for largemouth bass.
—Star Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
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Despite the world-class fishing found in the Ozarks, the pursuit of trout and smallmouth bass may not be the region’s favorite pastime.
—T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 9 June 2020
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When the rivers finally clear again, the smallmouth bass will be back in the lower stretches of the Lake Erie tributaries.
—D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 28 June 2019
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Bass spearfishing: Has again opened on the Coquille River for smallmouth bass.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 10 June 2023
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The smallmouth bass fishing has been good around the Northeast Ohio harbor areas.
—D'arcy Eagan, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2019
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This included 21 trophy-sized smallmouth bass and a brown trout, along with dozens of suckers and carp.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 14 June 2023
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The annual spring surge of smallmouth bass and white suckers up the Cleveland area rivers has begun, as well.
—cleveland.com, 3 May 2018
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The jointed minnow is one of my favorite lures for catching smallmouth bass on the Snake River.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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Both largemouth and smallmouth bass can live more than a decade, with largemouth having slightly longer lifespans.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 11 Feb. 2024
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