About: Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is the most common and versatile black bass there is.  There are two recognized subspecies, the northern largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and the Florida largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides floridanus).  The Florida version is known to reach bigger lengths and weights.  The largemouth bass is considered the most versatile because Continue Reading

About: Smallmouth bass (micropterus dolomieu) are known as the pound for pound strongest fighters in the black bass genus (micropterus), of the sunfish family.  They are aggressive in nature and, once hooked, their aerial displays rival Shamu the killer whale.  These fish do have smaller mouths and look quite a bit different than a largemouth bass.  They actually resemble the shoal bass the most because both fish demonstrate brown vertical bars on the side of their bodies.  However, the smallmouth and shoal bass are Continue Reading

The first thing many of you are asking yourself right now is, what is a shoal bass? Well, unless you are from the state of Georgia there is a good chance you do not know what they are, because they basically only live in Georgia.

About: A shoal bass (micropterus cataractae) is a distinct and separate species of black bass than a largemouth bass – which is the most common of the black bass family. They have existed for hundreds of years but just recently in 1997 were recognized as an official separate black bass species. Unlike largemouth and other black bass, shoal bass only thrive in rivers. Continue Reading

From: DrewGregory.com

Now this fish has more split personalities than any other fish I know, because it can look completely different depending on which river drainage you catch it out of. It is similar to Suwannee and Shoal Bass in that it only lives in rivers (with the exception of the Savannah drainage lakes) but yet are far more widespread than those two. This is where the problem actually begins… Continue Reading

From: DrewGregory.com

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Suwannee bass (micropterus notius) are another very rare black bass that is only native to a relatively small area of the world. Similar to shoal bass and redeye bass they are strictly a river fish. They don’t get very big and anything over 2lbs is considered a very nice sized Suwannee.

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By:  Lance Coley (RedHeron)

If you’re a fisherman from the Southeast, especially Alabama and Georgia, then you’ve probably heard of or even caught spotted bass…whether you knew it or not.  Spotted bass are a spunky, generally aggressive, and generally numerous fish that can give a river fisherman a run for his money…especially on light tackle.  Pound-for-pound they will put the meanest and strongest of largemouth to shame. Continue Reading