The white specks in bass meat are yellow grub or white grub also known as a larval flatworm with a life cycle that is similar to parasites that cause black spot disease.
The parasite in the bass meat appears as white or sometimes yellow spots in the flesh of the bass meat and is often 1/4 inch long.
It's harmless to humans and can be removed most often during the cleaning of the bass meat.
The yellow parasite in bass is known as yellow grub which is a yellow worm like larval stage that is encountered in the flesh immediately below the skin when you filet the fish.
The lifespan of a bass is 16 years although some bass may live a bit longer or shorter.
The immature largemouth bass tend to congregate in schools of fish although adult largemouth bass are mostly solitary.
Bass do have worms which is a tapeworm which matures and grows in bass.
Segments of the tapeworm and the eggs are passed from the bass fish to the body of water.
The reason smallmouth bass are a problem is because smallmouth bass have begun to encroach on the waters of cold water streams which used to serve as a refuge for native fish such as the fallfish and brook trout with the sole goal of destroying the refuge.
The reason it's taboo to eat smallmouth bass is because the smallmouth bass is considered to be sportfish which makes the idea of eating them unthinkable to some people.
Also smallmouth bass can carry harmful parasites that can cause you to become sick even after eating a small amount of the smallmouth bass.
The best size bass to eat are bass between 8 inches to 15 inches in size.
Smallmouth bass are also tastier and have a cleaner taste than largemouth bass.
The difference between a bass and a largemouth bass is the bass has a small rectangular rough patch in the center of the tongue and a largemouth bass has almost an entirely smooth tongue.
A 7 lb largemouth bass is between 6 years old to as old as 16 years old.
A 10 lb largemouth bass is around 9 years and 7 months to 10 years of age which equals a growth weight of a 1lb of weight a year.
A 10 pound or larger largemouth bass is very rare and it takes the right conditions to grow a 10 lb largemouth bass.
Most 10 pound or larger giant largemouth bass are found mostly in the South where they have a longer feeding season and an abundance of forage.
The largemouth bass is known for being the green fish which provides an action packed fight and can also grow to healthy sizes and especially in Florida.
Largemouth bass are also the most intelligent freshwater fish and are able to distinguish and avoid specific lures after only one encounter.
The reason it's controversial to eat largemouth bass is because largemouth bass are considered game fish and should not be harvested.
In some waters, taking bass for the pan, especially large fish, is discouraged from preserving the fish populations for conservation and angling.
Another name for largemouth bass is widemouth bass.
Largemouth bass are also known by other names which include bigmouth bass, bucketmouth, black bass, largie, Potter's fish, Florida bass, Florida Largemouth, green bass, green trout, Gilsdorf bass, Oswego bass and southern largemouth and northern largemouth.
The biggest largemouth bass ever caught was a largemouth bass that weighed 22 lbs and 4 ounces which was caught in 1932 at Montgomery Lake in Georgia.
A largemouth bass likes to bite on their favorite food which include smaller fish such as trout, shiners, crayfish, sunfish and minnows.
Largemouth bass also like to eat frogs, worms and other insects as well.
Smallmouth bass are better to eat than largemouth bass as smallmouth bass are more delicate and sweeter and taste better.
The smallmouth bass as a firm texture, white meat and also a cleaner taste than largemouth bass.
A smallmouth bass and largemouth bass can breed together although they rarely do but they are capable of breeding.
When a smallmouth bass and a largemouth bass breed together the offspring of the smallmouth bass and largemouth bass are called meanmouth bass.
Largemouth bass do sleep and they sleep most of the day as the largemouth bass moves into the heaviest cover that they can find which is usually near deep water where they sleep through much of the day.
Once summer comes the largemouth bass shuts down almost completely in the day when most fisherman are on the water.
The main predator of largemouth bass are humans.
Other predators of largemouth bass are yellow perch, northern pike, walleye and muskellunge.
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.