Northern Ontario Bass Fishing

The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. One of the black basses, it is a popular game fish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stock to many cool-water rivers and lakes in the United States and Canada. The smallmouth bass is native to the upper and middle Mississippi River basin, the Saint Lawrence River–Great Lakes system, and up into the Hudson Bay basin. Its common names include Smallmouth, Bronze back, Brown Bass, Brownie, and Bronze Bass.

Smallmouths are attracted to a wide range of natural and artificial baits, flies, or lures. Spinners, crank baits, plastic grubs, crawfish, and tubes in natural colors fished with a weight are popular among spinning or bait casting fishermen. Smallmouths are taken on plastic lizards without weights or sinkers. Smallmouth can also be taken on a fly rod using a dry or wet fly, nymphs, streamers, or imitations of larger aquatic creatures such as crawfish or leeches. Floating top water popper fly patterns are also popular for smallmouth fishing.

Smallmouth bass are more susceptible to mortality resulting from fishing tournaments than are largemouth bass. Smallmouth bass require cool, highly-oxygenated water which is difficult to reproduce in the holding wells of boats without specially aerated live wells and oxygenating chemicals. Poor water conditions and long periods of confinement result in significant stress that can result in high levels of post-release mortality, up to six days after the confinement.

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