Micropterus salmoides - two lies in one bad scientific name. Largemouth don't have small fins and they darn sure aren't salmon.

Yeah,


Spotted bass are (almost) everywhere in Texas.

they're a lot more fun than largemouoth.


I do have to take notice of a post in this thread.

The Guadalupe bass is not a "species" of the spotted bass.

Micropterus treculii (Guadalupe bass) is 1 of the 3 native so-called "black basses" (which we all know are members of the sunfish family (Centrarchidae), and not at all related to the basses (Moronidae)).

the other 2 being the Largemoouth (Micropterus salmoides) and the spotted (Micropterus punctulatus).

We also have an introduced species Micropterus dolomieu (the smallmouth bass).

No biggie, but to diminish the State Fish as a subspecies or (even worse) breed of the spotted bass cannot go overlooked.



And also note:

before certain people (you know who you are) jump at me and stand on my throat for "correcting" people here, I feel this is very important, and knowing what we're fishing for (or catching) can only help us become better anglers. The feeding patterns of all 3 (or 4) of these fish can be different. It all starts with knowing what is under that water.