Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
The largemouth bass is North America's most popular freshwater game fish, prized for its aggressive strikes and acrobatic fights. It ambushes prey from cover like weed beds, docks, and fallen timber, and is most active in warm, shallow water during spring and early summer.
Prefers weedy shallows, submerged structure, and warm, still water.
How to Catch Largemouth Bass
Whether you're new to targeting Largemouth Bass or refining your approach, success starts with matching your tactics to where the fish lives. Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) is typically found in lake water, pond water, and reservoir water, so concentrate your effort where those conditions line up. Mature Largemouth Bass average around 15 inches, which helps you choose the right line, lure size, and tackle for the fight.
Where to Find Largemouth Bass in the USA & Canada
Largemouth Bass is recorded across a range of North American waters, including spots in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Browse the linked water guides below to see the specific lakes, rivers, and coastal waters where anglers report catching Largemouth Bass, then plan a trip around the water closest to you.
Largemouth Bass Fishing Regulations & Limits
Fishing rules for Largemouth Bass vary by state and province. Before you head out, check the daily bag limits, minimum size limits, and open seasons that apply in your area. When FishFinder has matching records, the regulations link below takes you to the rules hub. Following local limits keeps Largemouth Bass populations healthy for future seasons.
Related Water Guides for Largemouth Bass
Explore these FishFinder water guides for places where Largemouth Bass is recorded:
- Lake Erie — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Chesapeake Bay — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Everglades — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Rideau Lakes — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Muskoka — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Rosseau — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Scugog — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pigeon Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Buckhorn Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Balsam Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Rice Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Long Point Bay — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake St. Clair — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Bay of Quinte — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- St. Lawrence River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Big Rideau Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lac Memphrémagog — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Guntersville — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wheeler Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wilson Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pickwick Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Weiss Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lay Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Logan Martin Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Neely Henry Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Martin — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- R.L. Harris Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Yates Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Thurlow Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Walter F. George Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- West Point Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lewis Smith Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Alabama River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mobile-Tensaw Delta — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Jackson (Florala) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Powell — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Mead — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Mohave — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Havasu — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Colorado River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Theodore Roosevelt Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Apache Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Canyon Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Saguaro Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Bartlett Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Pleasant — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Alamo Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Chevelon Canyon Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Becker Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Bull Shoals Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Norfork — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Beaver Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Greers Ferry Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Ouachita — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- DeGray Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Greeson — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Dardanelle — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Chicot — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Buffalo National River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Caddo River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Arkansas River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lower Mississippi River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Clear Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Shasta Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Oroville — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Folsom Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Berryessa — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- San Luis Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- New Melones Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Diamond Valley Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Sonoma — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pine Flat Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Castaic Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sacramento River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Feather River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- American River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Colorado River (California) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Cahuilla — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Navajo Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Chatfield Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pueblo Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- John Martin Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Horsetooth Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Candlewood Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Bantam Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Lillinonah — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Zoar — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Squantz Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Highland Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Gardner Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mansfield Hollow Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Coventry Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Twin Lakes — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pachaug Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mashapaug Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Housatonic River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Connecticut River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lums Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Becks Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Killens Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Trap Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Records Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Concord Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Silver Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Andrews Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Garrisons Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Coursey Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wagamons Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Red Mill Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Okeechobee — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Kissimmee — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Tohopekaliga — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake George — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- St. Johns River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Rodman Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Harris — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Suwannee River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Santa Fe River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Seminole — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Talquin — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Chipola River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Apalachicola River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Perdido River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ochlockonee River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- St. Marys River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Jackson (Walton County) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Ida — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Tamiami Canal — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Lanier — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Hartwell — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Oconee — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Clarks Hill Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- West Point Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Walter F. George — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Blackshear — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Blue Ridge — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Burton — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Richard B. Russell — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Coosa River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Etowah River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Flint River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Savannah River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Altamaha River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ogeechee River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Satilla River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Oconee River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wailua Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wahiawā Reservoir (Lake Wilson) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Pend Oreille — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Coeur d'Alene Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- C.J. Strike Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Lowell — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mississippi River (Illinois-Iowa Border) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Illinois River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Fox Chain O'Lakes — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Heidecke Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Braidwood Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- LaSalle Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Powerton Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Clinton Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Shelbyville — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sangchris Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Decatur — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Springfield — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Coffeen Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Carlyle Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Rend Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Kinkaid Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Crab Orchard Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ohio River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wabash River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- White River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Tippecanoe River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Blue River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Monroe Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Patoka Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Brookville Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cecil M. Harden Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cagles Mill Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mississinewa Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Salamonie Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- J. Edward Roush Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Turtle Creek Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Wawasee — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Webster Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Geist Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- West Okoboji Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Spirit Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Clear Lake (Iowa) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Storm Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Big Creek Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pleasant Creek Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Rathbun — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Saylorville Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Red Rock — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Coralville Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mississippi River (Iowa Waters) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Missouri River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cedar River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Des Moines River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Iowa River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Milford Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wilson Reservoir (Kansas) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cheney Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Clinton Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Perry Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- El Dorado Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Kanopolis Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Glen Elder Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Tuttle Creek Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Melvern Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cedar Bluff Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Council Grove Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Marion Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pomona Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Hillsdale Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Big Hill Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- John Redmond Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lovewell Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Kansas River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Arkansas River (Kansas) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Kentucky Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Barkley — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Cumberland — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Dale Hollow Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Barren River Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cave Run Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Green River Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Taylorsville Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Nolin River Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Rough River Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Laurel River Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Grayson Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Buckhorn Lake (Kentucky) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Dewey Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Fishtrap Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Yatesville Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Herrington Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cumberland River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Kentucky River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Elkhorn Creek — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Green River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Toledo Bend Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Caddo Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sabine River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Poverty Point Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- False River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Eagle Lake (Louisiana) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- John K. Kelly-Grand Bayou Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Bussey Brake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- D'Arbonne Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Atchafalaya Basin — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lac des Allemands — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Verret — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Bistineau — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cross Lake (Louisiana) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Claiborne — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Chicot Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Black Lake (Louisiana) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Red River (Louisiana) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ouachita River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Henderson Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sebago Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Grand Lake Stream — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Great Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- China Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Damariscotta Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pushaw Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Deep Creek Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Youghiogheny River Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Potomac River (Upper) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Monocacy River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Patapsco River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Liberty Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Loch Raven Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Prettyboy Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Piney Run Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Little Seneca Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- St. Mary's Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Conowingo Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Triadelphia Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Rocky Gap Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Quabbin Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wachusett Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Onota Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pontoosuc Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- South Pond (Quacumquasit Pond) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Congamond Lakes — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Chaubunagungamaug — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Cochituate — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ipswich River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Connecticut River (Massachusetts) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Merrimack River (Massachusetts) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake St. Clair (Michigan) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Houghton Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Burt Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Gull Lake (Michigan) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Gun Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Hudson — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Thornapple Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Otsego Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mille Lacs Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Gull Lake Chain — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Minnetonka — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Whitefish Chain — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pelican Lake (St. Louis County) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Pepin — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- St. Louis River Estuary — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Big Stone Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ross Barnett Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Grenada Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sardis Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Enid Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Arkabutla Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pickwick Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Eagle Lake (Mississippi) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Washington — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Moon Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Choctaw Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Davis Lake (Chickasaw County) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Lamar Bruce — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Monroe — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Okhissa — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Calling Panther Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Neshoba County Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Tangipahoa (Percy Quin State Park) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pascagoula River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Bogue Homa — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake of the Ozarks — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Harry S. Truman Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Table Rock Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Bull Shoals Lake (Missouri) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Norfork Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Stockton Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pomme de Terre Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mark Twain Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Smithville Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wappapello Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Long Branch Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Thomas Hill Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Montrose Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Current River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Meramec River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Big Piney River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Gasconade River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Jacks Fork River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- James River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Elk River (Missouri) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Niangua River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mississippi River (Pools 20-26) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Mary Ronan — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Noxon Rapids Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Seeley Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Merritt Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Harlan County Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Elwood Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Branched Oak Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Wanahoo — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lewis and Clark Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Missouri River (Nebraska Waters) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Box Butte Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Minatare — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Smith Lake WMA — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pelican Lake (Valentine NWR) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Flanagan Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Zorinsky Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Red Willow Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Grove Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Two Rivers SRA — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wagon Train Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Prairie Queen Recreation Area — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Willow Creek Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lahontan Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Rye Patch Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Chimney Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Hinkson Slough — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- South Fork Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Comins Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Willow Creek Reservoir (Nevada) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cold Creek Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Mead (Nevada) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Mohave (Nevada) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Colorado River below Davis Dam — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Eagle Valley Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Echo Canyon Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Kirch Wildlife Management Area — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Winnipesaukee — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Squam Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sunapee Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ossipee Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Conway Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Silver Lake (New Hampshire) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Spofford Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Jericho Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Waukewan — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Massabesic Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Connecticut River (New Hampshire) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Merrimack River (New Hampshire) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lamprey River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Hopatcong — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Greenwood Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Round Valley Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Merrill Creek Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Spruce Run Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Monksville Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mercer Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mountain Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Assunpink Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Parvin Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Alloway Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Splitrock Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Manasquan Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Aeroflex — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Wawayanda — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- White Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Union Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Delaware River (New Jersey) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Raritan River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Manasquan River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ramapo River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Navajo Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Elephant Butte Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Caballo Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Conchas Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ute Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Brantley Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Clayton Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Roberts — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Bill Evans Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Erie (New York) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Champlain — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cayuga Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Canandaigua Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Otisco Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Oneida Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake George (New York) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Schroon Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Chautauqua Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Black Lake (New York) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Otsego Lake (New York) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Whitney Point Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Hudson River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Chatuge — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Santeetlah — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Fontana Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Nantahala Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake James — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Norman — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Wylie — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Badin Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Tillery — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- High Rock Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- B. Everett Jordan Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Shearon Harris Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- John H. Kerr Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Gaston — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Roanoke Rapids Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Roanoke River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cape Fear River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Neuse River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Mattamuskeet — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Phelps — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Buckhorn Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- New River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Dan River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- OWLS Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- State Fair Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- McDowell Dam — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ohio River (Ohio) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pymatuning Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Alum Creek Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Hoover Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Indian Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Buckeye Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Grand Lake St. Marys — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mosquito Creek Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Berlin Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- West Branch Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- LaDue Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Milton — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- C.J. Brown Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Salt Fork Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Paint Creek Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Caesar Creek Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Rocky Fork Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Piedmont Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Seneca Lake (Ohio) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Tappan Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Knox Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Acton Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Burr Oak Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Texoma — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Grand Lake O' the Cherokees — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Eufaula — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Tenkiller — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Fort Gibson Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Skiatook Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sooner Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Thunderbird — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Carl Blackwell — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Arcadia Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Hefner — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Overholser — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Arbuckle Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Konawa Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Broken Bow Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Murray — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Keystone Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Illinois River (Oklahoma) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Kiamichi River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Siltcoos Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Willamette River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Henry Hagg Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Presque Isle Bay — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Delaware River (Pennsylvania) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Raystown Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Wallenpaupack — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Arthur — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Nockamixon Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Blue Marsh Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Marburg — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Shenango River Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Frances Slocum Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pawcatuck River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Blackstone River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ten Mile River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pawtuxet River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wyoming Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Beach Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wallum Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Watchaug Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Worden Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Olney Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Carbuncle Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Stafford Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Barber Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Silver Spring Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Breakheart Pond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Tiogue Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Flat River Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Indian Lake (Rhode Island) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Marion — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Moultrie — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Santee River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Congaree River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cooper River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Murray (South Carolina) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Saluda River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Greenwood — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Monticello — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Wateree — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Russell — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Thurmond — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Keowee — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Jocassee — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Great Pee Dee River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Little Pee Dee River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Waccamaw River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Edisto River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Black River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lynches River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Roy Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Angostura Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sheridan Lake (South Dakota) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Stockade Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Reelfoot Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Old Hickory Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- J. Percy Priest Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cordell Hull Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Tims Ford Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Center Hill Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Chickamauga Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Nickajack Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Watts Bar Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Parksville Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Fort Loudoun Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Melton Hill Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Norris Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cherokee Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Douglas Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Boone Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- South Holston Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Watauga Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Duck River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Fork — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sam Rayburn Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- O.H. Ivie Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Alan Henry — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Athens — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Conroe — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Livingston — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Trinity River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Choke Canyon Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Ray Hubbard — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Tawakoni — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Richland Chambers Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Bob Sandlin — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake O' the Pines — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Fayette County Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Grapevine Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lady Bird Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Guadalupe River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Devils River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Falcon International Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Amistad — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Whitney — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Possum Kingdom Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Belton — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Jordanelle Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Deer Creek Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Utah Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Pineview Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Newton Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sand Hollow Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Quail Creek Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Red Fleet Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Smith Mountain Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Buggs Island Lake (Kerr Reservoir) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Claytor Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Anna — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Moomaw — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Briery Creek Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sandy River Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Flannagan Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Leesville Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Philpott Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- James River (Virginia) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Shenandoah River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Clinch River (Virginia) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Staunton River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- North Fork Holston River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Roosevelt — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Banks Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Moses Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Potholes Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Sprague Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Washington (Seattle) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Sammamish — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Silver Lake (Cowlitz County) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mayfield Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Ohio River (West Virginia) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Kanawha River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- New River (West Virginia) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Greenbrier River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Elk River (West Virginia) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- South Branch Potomac River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Summersville Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Cheat Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Stonewall Jackson Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Bluestone Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Beech Fork Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mount Storm Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- R.D. Bailey Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- North Bend Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Burnsville Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Stonecoal Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Winnebago — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wolf River (Wisconsin) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Green Bay — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lower Fox River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Mississippi River (Wisconsin-Minnesota Boundary) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- St. Croix River (Wisconsin) — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Menominee River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Chippewa Flowage — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Turtle-Flambeau Flowage — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Flambeau River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Eagle River Chain of Lakes — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Minocqua Chain — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Wisconsin River — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Petenwell — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Castle Rock Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Mendota — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Koshkonong — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Geneva Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Big Green Lake — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Lake Cameahwait — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Grayrocks Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
- Hawk Springs Reservoir — Largemouth Bass fishing water
Largemouth Bass Regulations
Review current FishFinder regulation records before targeting Largemouth Bass:
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of water is best for catching Largemouth Bass?
Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) is typically found in lake water, pond water, and reservoir water. Focus your effort where those conditions line up to improve your chances.
How big does Largemouth Bass get?
Mature Largemouth Bass average around 15 inches, though individual fish can run larger. Matching your line, lure size, and tackle to that range makes for a better fight and landing rate.
Where can I catch Largemouth Bass in the USA and Canada?
Largemouth Bass is reported across North American waters, including spots in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Check the locations listed on this page to find the lakes, rivers, and coastal waters closest to you.
Do I need a fishing license to catch Largemouth Bass?
A valid fishing license is required in most US states and Canadian provinces. Daily bag limits, minimum size limits, and open seasons for Largemouth Bass vary by region, so review the regulations on this page and with your local wildlife authority before heading out.