This guide includes the most common fish species you may catch at the ODC Nature Preserve.
There are also hybrid sunfishes in these ponds. These are crosses of (most commonly) Bluegill x Green Sunfish or Pumpkinseed Sunfish x Green Sunfish. Please indicate the most similar sunfish ...more ↓
The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a freshwater gamefish in the sunfish family, a species of black bass native to North America. It is also known by a variety of regional names, such as the brown bass, widemouth bass, bigmouth bass, black bass, bucketmouth, Potter's fish, Florida bass, Florida largemouth, green bass, green trout, gilsdorf bass, linesides, Oswego ...more ↓
The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Perciformes. It is the type species of its genus. One of the black basses, it is a popular game fish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stock to many cool-water tributaries and lakes in Canada and ...more ↓