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Smallmouth Bass Fishing Information
Fishing White Birch Haven
Common
Name: Smallmouth Bass
Scientific Name: Micropterus
Dolomieui
Family: Centrarchidae
Identification:
Back and head brown, or
yellow-brown, or olive to green;
sides lighter; belly light
yellow to white. Most scales on
sides with bronze reflections.
Vertical bars faint, 9-16
(generally more numerous and
prominent in young), not fused
into a lateral band. Usually 3
dark streaks on each side of
head, radiating back- ward from
snout and eye; dark opercle spot
about size of pupil of eye. Eye
usually red or orange. Fins
lightly pigmented, caudal fin in
adults with darker edge; in
young, caudal fin strikingly
marked with yellow at base,
pronounced dark crescent band
through middle, and a whitish
edge.
Fishing Methods:
Pound for pound the
smallmouth bass is the
scrappiest fish of all
. It is usually
associated with a rocky stream
or lake environment where its
favorite food, the crayfish, is
abundant. Some of the best lake
fishing takes place in June
during, and just after, the
spawning season, and in early
fall. Natural baits like
hellgrammites, dragonfly larvae
and crayfish are especially
effective during early morning
or late evening. Probably the best
artificial baits are those used
on the surface. Light tackle is
ideal. Fish quietly, casting
toward rocks or logs, keeping
the rod tip up and the line
taut.
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