SPOTTED BASS

Feb 01, 2010 Lorenzo Martinez Bernal BASS-MISS AMERICAN 0

SPOTTED BASS

Lower Spotted (Micropterus punctulatus). It is a freshwater fish (sunfish ) of the family (Centrarchidae), the order Perciformes. It is native to the Mississippi River basin and in all Gulf states, from the center

from Texas through the Florida Panhandle. Its natural habitat extends westward Mid-Atlantic States and has been introduced in eastern North Carolina and Virginia. It has also been introduced in South Africa, Where it has been established in some isolated waters.

The species of this genus are known as black bass (Micropterus punctulatus y Micropterus salmoides ) – (spotted bass y largemouth bass ).

It is often confused with the similar and more common largemouth bass ( largemouth bass ).

One way to distinguish between a largemouth and spotted bass is the size of the mouth. A spotted bass will resemble a largemouth bass in coloring, but will have a smaller mouth, similar to the size of the mouth of a smallmouth bass.

Its species name “punctulatus” it means “points”, referring to the rows of dots along their lower sides.

Punctulatus M. You can reach a total length of almost 64cm (25 inches), and weigh 4,6 kg (10libra), You can reach an age of at least seven years. the pattern of irregular spots on dark shapes seen in his upper body, that give it its common name.

Prefirie streams cold mountain water and hot, areas with rocky bottoms, low spotting insect feeds, crustaceans, frogs, annelid worms and minnows.

Now it has been determined that the “Spotted Bass” It located on the Tallapoosa and Coosa Rivers, and its lakes, They are a new species, now known as the “Alabama Bass”.

The spotted bass is mainly in streams and large reservoirs of water moderate to large rivers with permanent flow, but it has been successful in the smaller reservoirs.

The spotted bass is able to tolerate a high degree of cloudiness and warmer water than the smallmouth bass.

EMPLOYEE LURE FOR FISHING are the same as for other species of BASS.