Fishing For

Smallmouth bass

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41.6K Catches
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Average Length
3.1 in
Maximum Length
2.3 ft
Maximum Weight
11.9 lbs
Depth Range
3.3 - 23.0 ft
Temperature Range
50.0 - 85.1 ºF

Top Baits For Catching Smallmouth bass

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Earthworms
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(1133)
1K Catches
Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Night Crawlers
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(1057)
982 Catches
Lures by Generic Lures Hard Baits Crankbait
4.0
(46)
274 Catches
Lures by Generic Lures Soft Baits Worm
4.0
(52)
261 Catches
Lures by Generic Lures Hard Baits Spinnerbait
4.0
(29)
191 Catches
Lures by Gary Yamamoto 5" Senko Green Pumpkin Green Purple Flake
5.0
(1)
189 Catches
Lures by Bass Pro Shops Ned Rigs 3" - 1/10 oz. - Green Pumpkin
4.0
(23)
163 Catches
Lures by Generic Lures Jigs Bass Jig
4.0
(23)
156 Catches

Recently Caught Smallmouth bass

Hanco Uys

13 hours ago
 • 
Cape Winelands, Western Cape

On little paddle tail

Smallmouth bass
13 likes • 1 comment

Ethan Mcguire

1 day ago
 • 
Ipswich - Central, Queensland

Smallmouth bass
1 oz
15 likes • 1 comment
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Al 007

3 days ago
 • 
Mohave County, Arizona

I'm the small bass

Smallmouth bass
51 likes • 4 comments

Eric Holmlund

3 days ago
 • 
Larimer County, Colorado

This is the 17” smallmouth bass from the session with the 24” cutbow that I just posted. But gratuitously I felt like this fish deserved its own post. So I saved the classic straight-arm vertical hold shot for this post. Hard to beat the straight arm vertical when it comes to bass. Makes it look like a 22-incher 😂💪🏽🐟

Smallmouth bass
3 lb 8 oz
4
94 likes • 7 comments

Al 007

4 days ago
 • 
Mohave County, Arizona

Small, .\nBass

Smallmouth bass
48 likes • 8 comments • 1 share

Lynn Riya

2 days ago
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Expectation >>> reality dinks deserve all the love too, and using 5 lens on your iPhone never hurts 🎣

Smallmouth bass
29 likes • 2 comments

Eric Holmlund

1 week ago
 • 
Larimer County, Colorado

I got out late in the afternoon shortly before sunset, and the wind was picking up. Thankfully I managed to rustle up one nice smallmouth from the depths!

Smallmouth bass
5
91 likes • 20 comments

Simon ben Pieters

2 weeks ago
 • 
Cape Winelands, Western Cape

My first time catching 2 fish in 1 cast. The big one was 600 grams and my biggest smallmouth ever. I was very surprised to see that I caught 2 fish in one cast on a jearcbait. I have caught over 20 smallmouth bass in the berg river in the past 2 weeks, but alot of them are small ones. The jearcbait I use is called the sensation jeark minnow SD3 and caught all of the bass on it.

Smallmouth bass
1 lb 5 oz
27 likes • 5 comments
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