noun
- a freshwater bass with a relatively small mouth, bronze-green coloring, and dark vertical bars on its sides
Usage: also called smallmouth bass
Examples
- The angler caught a three-pound smallmouth from the rocky shoreline.
- Smallmouth prefer clear, cool waters with rocky or gravel bottoms.
- The lake is famous for its trophy smallmouth fishing.
- He used a spinnerbait to target smallmouth near the drop-off.
- The smallmouth fought hard, jumping twice before being landed.
- Spring is the best time to catch smallmouth in shallow water.