Largemouth Bass Fish (Micropterus salmoides)

CENTRAL FLORIDA CRITTER OF THE DAY: Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)

At this stage, this fish really doesn’t live up to the “Large”mouth. He is rather small, maybe 2.5 inches long. A little too large to be a “fry”, perhaps juvenile describes it best. A fish native to Florida, they can take on coloration based on the water they are in.

“Largemouth bass may consume small fish, insects, mosquitoes, blackfly larvae, mayfly nymphs, worms, adult insects, mussels, crayfish, snails, tadpoles, frogs, small fish, salamanders, mice, turtles. In general largemouth bass feed at all hours, but most often in the early morning or late in the day. In some cases, the prey is not completely swallowed up initially; it is caught and held in the jaws and then it is sucked in.”

Learn: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/LargemouthBass/LargemouthBass.html

My take: https://floridawildlifegardentails.wordpress.com/2019/02/25/pondering-new-residents-in-the-garden/

closeup of tail (he was swimming so fast I missed his head)