Freshwater Fish of Connecticut
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
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Also called: Bucketmouth, Bigmouth, Largemouth
Identification
Green body with a dark lateral stripe and a jaw that extends past the eye.
Habitat
Weed beds, lily pads, fallen trees, and shoreline cover in warm lakes and ponds.
Behavior
Ambush predator with explosive strikes; relates tightly to cover.
How to Catch
Plastic worms, jigs, topwater plugs, and spinnerbaits fished around cover.
Notes
Connecticut's most popular warmwater gamefish.
Where to find Largemouth Bass in CT
- Alexander Lake Killingly
- Amos Lake Preston
- Anderson Pond North Stonington
- Angus Park Pond Glastonbury
- Ashland Park Pond Jewett City
- Ashland Pond Griswold
- Aspinook Pond Canterbury
- Avery Pond Preston
- Babcock Pond Colchester
- Backwater Pond Thompson
- Bald Mountain Pond West Stafford
- Baldwins Pond Meriden
- Ball Pond New Fairfield
- Bantam Lake Morris / Litchfield
- Barber Pond Bloomfield
- Bashan Lake East Haddam
- Batterson Park Pond Farmington
- Baummer Pond Naugatuck
- Beach Pond Voluntown
- Beachdale Pond Voluntown
- Beachland Pond West Hartford
- Beaver Brook Pond Windham
- Beaver Park Lagoon New Haven
- Beseck Lake Middlefield