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Old 12-29-2009 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Rebel Hog
Bass fishing is the activity of angling for the North American gamefish known colloquially as the black bass. There are numerous black bass species considered as gamefish in North America, including largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui), Spotted bass or Kentucky bass (Micropterus punctatus), Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii), and many other species and subspecies of the genus Micropterus. Though referred to as bass, all are actually members of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae: order Perciformes).

Yep ol mr black bass( small& large mouth etc) is not a bass at all but a sunfish & not a very big sunfish compared to some..
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