They rarely exceed 5 pounds in New York, and any fish over 3 pounds is very good. These fish feed on many types of aquatic life and readily take both natural and artificial baits. They are a highly esteemed food and sport fish. Distribution of smallmouth bass in NY state. Dark dots represent where actual samples of smallmouth bass were taken.
White dots represent historic distributions.
A 399 KB image of smallmouth bass is also available for download .