Animals that eat largemouth bass in a pond are turtles, alligators and snakes and sometimes gators although most gators prefer to eat carp or gar.
The LMBv or Largemouth bass virus is a disease that kills largemouth bass and also affects several other species of fish.
A largemouth bass is pretty smart and has very good visual perception and the ability to detect things and to also make judgments.
Largemouth bass are also intelligent enough to know that a lure is not edible.
A largemouth bass can get as big as 30 inches in length and weight up to 20 lbs.
A largemouth bass that weighs at least 8lbs or more is considered to be a trophy fish in most states.
Largemouth bass live at depths of 5 to 15 meters although largemouth bass most often stay in shallow water during the warmer weather at a depth of 0.3 meters to 4 meters but they go deeper during winter.
The best bait for largemouth bass is crawfish, shad, minnows and shiners.
Largemouth bass does not taste bad although largemouth bass do not taste as good as other white fleshed fish such as snapper fish, grouper fish, halibut fish or flounder.
A largemouth bass is a pretty good tasting fish in my opinion although some people don't like the taste.
Largemouth bass are good in ponds as they make great predator fish and can chase and keep away frogs, snails, crustaceans and even birds and rodents including muskrats away.
Largemouth bass are game fish and are well sought out freshwater gamefish in the United States.
Fisherman and anglers can usually find largemouth bass in waters in a short distance from where they live and they can catch the bass which regularly reahch trophy sizes of 7 lbs to 15 lbs.
The largemouth bass is a carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico
The largemouth bass is known by the scientific name of Micropterus salmoides.
It is a species of black bass (genus Micropterus), which includes smallmouth and spotted bass and is in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae), which include bluegill sunfish and crappie.
Common length for largemouth bass is 16 inches with the longest recorded specimen being 38.2 inches.
The heaviest reported weight for a largemouth was 22 pounds.
Largemouth bass maximum reported age is 23 years.
One of the most popular bass to eat, largemouth bass is said to have a clean taste.
It's not as intense and fishy as some species but compared to smallmouth you may feel it's fishy.
If the fish isn't fresh, this flavor will intensify.
To some, the white meat of largemouth bass has a watery taste.
In terms of live bait, fish (like shiners, minnows, or shad) and crawfish work very well since these are what bass usually eat.
Southern California's Casitas and Castaic Lakes, and San Joaquin River offer the best largemouth bass fishing in the States.
Adult basses eat smaller fishes like crayfish, sunfish, shiners, trout, and minnows, although insects, worms, and frogs are also favored foods.