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Just curious, has any one heard the term Black Bass? I'm sure most have. Coming from Chatham Ontario I fished with my dad at Rondeau Bay and Erieu, good bass fishing back in the 60's. My Dad use to say lets go get some Black Bass even to this day he calls them Black Bass. I call them LM, SM or Bronze backs. Does the term Black Bass come from the coulor of the fish as Bronze Backs do?

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The smallies in NS are commonly refered to as Black Bass.

And they are dark too.

I'm not sure if this is a name they've had applied because of their dark color, or if they are just another type of smallie.
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A first post -

From a quick web search black bass can refer to both largemouth and smallmouth bass.

black bass Micropterus spp.—specifically, largemouth bass M. salmoides and smallmouth bass M. dolomieu

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Frasej, Check out this page

http://www.geocities.com/averageanglers/photopage2.html

The one with the blue shirt holding a black bass
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Some older folks I've met have referred to smallmouth bass as black bass. And I've seen old photo's of S/M identified as black bass, too. I didn't know it applied to largemouth, too. Think it's a term used more frequently by generations past...?

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Both largemouth and smallmouth are called black bass to differentiate them from white bass, rock bass, yellow bass, etc. The name goes back at least 100 years and is common throughout North America.

The term has nothing to do with individual specimens that may have more dark pigmentation than normal. :D

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It's just a nickname. People use it for LM & SM to distinguish them from rock bass, white bass, striped bass like CCB said.

What I don't understand is local people here call smallies "Green Bass", but if they're basing it on color, wouldn't largemouth be the "greener" of the species?? Most smallies I catch are brown!
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In France, the bass are pretty much all called Black Bass as a common name. Plus, in that country, they are a pest.
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Big Bass Rich wrote: Most smallies I catch are brown!
Isn't funny how people can fish the same area and have different experiences. Most of the bass I boat are green. :?:
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Hmmm...

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wolfe- "some older folk"- Thanks! :cry:

BBR- many years ago- before you were even born; I'm talking way, way back when the leafs used to win the odd cup; I was talking to an old retired guide (he'd be about 115 now, I guess) about bass locations in a certain lake. He replied- "All depends. Is you after the browns or the greens?"

To him smallies were browns and largemouth were greens. :lol:

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It's true, Markus; I guess there is some variation or else we are all color blind! :lol:

Most of the S/M I boat in Wolfe are that nice bronze-ish, hence their nickname. Once in a while, I'll get one with that wild, dark "marbling" and they are really good looking. Never caught a greenish one. Like Big Bass Rich, I'd say the L/M I've caught are more of a greenish cast. (Is "greenish" even a word?! It suddenly looks ridiculous in print and I've used the word several times in this post!!!!)

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CCB, you are too hip to be considered "older folks"!! :lol:

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Here's a look at a typical long point bay smallie. You can see the bright green color they are. I always thought they were this shade because of the sandy bottom, clear water conditions.
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Markus- here's what smallies are supposed to look like:

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Are you any where near a nuclear plant, perhaps?
Or maybe just the bigger fish (as found in this area) are brown? :lol:

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:shock: look at the gut on the one on the right!

Thise are nice smallies CCB.
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