Largemouth Bass - Largemouth bass are the official state freshwater fish of Alabama.
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Redeye Bass - Redeye bass are known as the brook trout of the warmwater game fish.
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Shoal Bass - Shoal bass are only native to the Apalachicola River drainage in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
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Smallmouth Bass - A great fighter, smallmouth bass are native to the Tennessee River basin of Alabama.
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Spotted Bass - True spotted bass are found in the Tennessee River basin and some coastal rivers; the "spotted bass" in the upper Mobile basin were recently upgraded to a new species called the Alabama bass. In the Chattahoochee basin, both spotted bass and Alabama bass have been introduced.
Age of Bass - Age and growth of Alabama's largemouth bass and spotted bass.
Care of Fish for Release - Care of fish put in a livewell.
Note: In Alabama, it is illegal to move a bass or other aquatic organism from one public water to another without a permit.