black bass

noun

: any of a genus (Micropterus) of freshwater sunfishes native to eastern and central North America and including the largemouth bass and smallmouth bass

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Expect signature dishes of steak tartare, featuring 12-hour roasted tomatoes and served under smoke, whole black bass with olive, citrus, and herbs, lamb chops, cocoa spice, and more.

Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2022 The lake has been restocked with black bass, bluegill, redear bream, and fathead minnows, according to the listing.

Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022 Halibut, Lingcod and rockfish such as black bass are here all summer.

Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 5 July 2022 Fishermen have been observing more warm-water fish like black bass migrating northward into New England waters, while lobster populations have crashed in southern New England and Gulf of Maine shrimp populations have been depleted.

David Sharp, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2022 Fishing regulations for black bass vary from lake to lake.

Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2022 Spotted, largemouth and smallmouth are the three species of black bass.

Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2022 The warden found an ice chest with six tilapia, one black bass and a cast net.

John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2021 Predatory fish — which build up methylmercury by eating other fish — include: all species of black bass and gar, striped bass, white bass, hybrid striped bass, walleye, sauger, saugeye, flathead catfish, muskellunge and northern pike.

Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2021 See More

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