Q 01/05

Black bass such as the largemouth actually belong to which group of fishes?

A) Perches (Percidae)

B) Sunfishes (Centrarchidae)

C) True basses (Moronidae)

D) Trouts (Salmonidae)

Answer · why

B) Sunfishes (Centrarchidae)

Despite the name, they are Centrarchidae, cousins of the bluegill; striped bass are the real thing.

Q 02/05

The genus that contains all the black bass species is called what?

A) Lepomis

B) Morone

C) Micropterus

D) Ambloplites

Answer · why

C) Micropterus

It currently holds 14 recognized species, all native east of the Rockies from Hudson Bay to northeastern Mexico.

Q 03/05

Which feature identifies a largemouth rather than a smallmouth?

A) A tail fin that is deeply forked at the tips

B) An upper jaw extending past the rear edge of the eye

C) A body with no visible lateral line at all

D) Bright red eyes throughout its adult life

Answer · why

B) An upper jaw extending past the rear edge of the eye

On a smallmouth the jaw stops beneath the eye, and its coloring runs bronze rather than green.

Q 04/05

Which of these is a common nickname for the largemouth bass?

A) Bronzeback

B) Rockfish

C) Bucketmouth

D) Sunshine

Answer · why

C) Bucketmouth

Green bass, widemouth and largie are others; bronzeback belongs to the smallmouth and rockfish to the striper.

Q 05/05

Who caught the all-tackle world record largemouth on June 2, 1932?

A) Rick Clunn

B) George Perry

C) Ray Scott

D) Bill Dance

Answer · why

B) George Perry

He was a farm boy fishing for food; the fish was weighed at a general store, entered in a magazine contest and then eaten.