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From their looks to their fighting style to how we catch them to where they live, here’s how America’s favorite fish species stack up and which one reigns supreme. Bass anglers love bass, right? But ...

Learn what floating cattail undercut bogs are and how to fish them effectively to catch these hidden largemouth bass. / Justin Hoffman What Are Floating Cattail Bogs in Bass Fishing Lakes? Floating ...

How to Identify Largemouth Bass? The largemouth bass is a freshwater species of fish commonly found in central and eastern portions of the United States, southeastern Canada as well as northern Mexico ...

Largemouths go on a feeding frenzy just prior to winter. Joe Cermele Spring is the time when largemouth bass anglers go on point, ready to drop everything in search of a wide-open bite as fish prepare ...

Step aside, Florida man. We now have an official Florida bass. The largemouth bass in most of Florida, the state's most popular freshwater game fish, has officially been declared a separate species ...

Jim Britenbaugh, an angler from Pennsylvania, likely broke the New York State record for largemouth bass on July 11 with a 12.35-pound Cayuga Lake bucket mouth, smashing the previous largemouth bass ...

The largemouth bass is one of America's favorite gamefish, and one of the most widespread. In fact, largemouth can be found in lakes and farm ponds in all 50 U.S. states. And every state, minus Alaska ...

Florida's most popular freshwater game fish has a new name. The largemouth bass, commonly found in Florida's waterways, is now known as the Florida bass, according to a July 17 news release from the ...