Smallmouth bass are prized by anglers but, when introduced to waters outside of their natural range, can outcompete native species.Despite years of eradication efforts in the Adirondacks ...

It was a grim discovery. Smallmouth bass, whose native range encompasses rivers and lakes in much of the Eastern United States and Great Lakes, have long plagued the Colorado River.

LaSalle-Photo/Getty Smallmouth bass are a warm-water predatory fish, native to eastern North America. They were put into Lake Powell in 1982 for recreational fishing purposes.

Though smallmouth bass are native to North America, they were introduced widely across the Adirondacks in the 1900s, where they took over many lakes.

Bass prefer warmer water than the cold-water species normally found in the Bitterroot, such as native westslope cutthroat trout and non-native rainbow trout. The bass thrive in water from the mid ...

Car Vizzone caught and released a smallmouth bass that would have been within range of the Illinois state record, one of Illinois’ most hallowed fish records, at Northerly Island.