largemouth bass
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large·mouth bass
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Definition of largemouth bass
: a large North American black bass (Micropterus salmoides) that is blackish green above and lighter below and has the maxillary bones of the upper jaw extending to behind the eyes
— called also largemouth, largemouth black bass
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The largemouth bass fishing has been good in East Harbor and West Harbor, and around near-shore weed beds on Lake Erie. — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, "Lake Erie’s fish of the future have arrived: Aug. 16 Fishing Report," 16 Aug. 2019 The largemouth bass fishing has been good in the harbor areas and around near-shore weed beds on Lake Erie. — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, "Lake Erie walleye on the move, but trophy fish still being caught: Aug. 9 Fishing Report," 9 Aug. 2019 After just a few minutes of this, Fromm catches a largemouth bass. — Tim Rohan, SI.com, "Finally Entrenched as Georgia's QB, Jake Fromm Embraces a Different Kind of Pressure," 9 Aug. 2019 The lake will be stocked with 13,000 largemouth bass fingerlings Wednesday, according to a release from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, "Lake Conroe to be stocked with 13,000 largemouth bass fingerlings," 5 June 2019 The pond, stocked with catfish, bluegills and largemouth bass, features a stone millhouse with a working water wheel. — Neal J. Leitereg, sacbee, "Billionaire Thomas Tull lists a small village in Thousand Oaks for $85 million | The Sacramento Bee," 17 Jan. 2018 Of the popular sportfish in the area, walleye, a cool-water species, died at higher rates than largemouth bass, which is a warmer water species. — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, "Global warming could mean fewer fish for sportfishing, more die-offs across US," 9 July 2019 Bassmaster Magazine has released the rankings of the best bass fisheries in the nation for 2019, and Lake Guntersville has climbed back to the No. 2 spot, thanks to several strong year classes of largemouth bass in recent years. — Frank Sargeant, al.com, "Lake Guntersville returns to glory in Bassmaster Magazine national rankings," 3 July 2019 The pond, in Westminster City Park, off of West 104th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, is stocked with grass carp, channel catfish, bluegill and largemouth bass, said Jonathan Thornton, a city spokesman. — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, "Hundreds of dead fish found in Westminster City Park Pond," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'largemouth bass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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