### seafood | bass:

Spotted bass
* are fun to catch because they bite readily and pull so hard
  - shallow around rip rap and striking top water baits
* do well in low, normal, or high water conditions.
* have dark spots on the gill cover and spots or streaks on the lower sides of the body.
* like to eat other fish.
* occur in low gradient streams in southern Ohio.
* rank second in abundance to largemouth, followed by smallmouth.
* tend to be found in areas with more current than largemouth bass.

### seafood | bass:

Striped bass
* appear in Massachusetts coastal waters in late spring to early summer.
* appear to be light green, olive, steel blue, brown or black
  - have followed the herring down the river
* are a favorite of many New York anglers
  - active, feeding on schools of shad fingerlings
  - also present
  - an anadramous ocean fish that travels into fresh water to spawn
* are an anadromous species of fish
  - offish
  - extremely popular recreational fish
  - important resource, worth more alive than dead
  - anadromous fish associated with coastal streams when in freshwater
* are anadromous, meaning they live in the ocean but return to freshwater to spawn
  - migrating to freshwater from the sea to spawn
  - another sleeper species
  - believed to spawn only in fresh water in which there is an appreciable current
  - hard to find
  - important predators in coastal and marine ecosystems
  - large aggressive fish that fear nothing
  - migratory fish that can tolerate a variety of environmental conditions
  - native to the east coast of North America
  - notorious for seasonal diets
  - omnivorous, eating both plants and animals
  - opportunistic feeders
  - present seasonally
  - roamers
  - usually three and one-third times as long as they are deep
* can feed on large gizzard shad, which few other predators can utilize efficiently.
* can live in rivers, estuaries and the ocean, but they migrate upriver for spawning
  - salt or fresh water
* has firm and flavorful flesh with a large flake
  - white meat with a mild flavor and a medium texture
* have dark brown spots and stripes
  - seven to nine unbroken stripes along each side
  - two separate patches
* is an open-water species that prefers to feed upon shad
  - reduced to a handful of individuals
  - sea bass
* is the marquee fish among the sea basses
  - top sportfish in the lake, with largemouth bass another top catch
* live in the ocean but spawn in fresh water rivers.
* require moving water to spawn.
* spend the majority of their adult life in coastal estuaries or the ocean.
* tolerate both salt and fresh water.

True bass
* are distinct in appearance.
* release a tremendous number of eggs during spawning.

### seafood | bass:

White bass
* are fast growing fish that travel in large schools
  - hot around creek mouths as well
  - locally popular sportfish
  - related to striped bass and yellow bass
  - relatively short-lived, usually living only about four years
* feed primarily on other fish and insects.
* have one set of teeth on their on ther tonque.
* live in fresh water and also run up river to spawn.
* move to tributary streams or shoals to spawn in the spring.
* provide an excellent fishery, especially during summer and fall.

Young bass
* eat insects and crustaceans.
* mature rapidly too rapidly, in fact, to learn all life skills needed to survive.
* remain in estuarine waters for two years after birth.