Largemouth Bass
Largemouth Bass, has suggested by their name, have a large, forward-facing mouth. The lower jaw extends to rear margin of eye. Dark green back, greenish sides many times with dark lateral band.
About This Species
Among the first species of fish introduced into Colorado was the largemouth bass in 1878. As the name suggests this fish has a very big mouth and its jaw extends past the eye. You can also distinguish them as the bass with the horizontal stripe on their body. Largemouth have exceeded 10 pounds in Colorado and are renowned for their aggressive predatory behavior. Casting lures and plugs during dawn and dusk hours around cattails and sunken logs will give you the best chance to land one of the lunkers