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This smallmouth bass was caught in the vineyards subdivision in Normal, IL at the pond. According to Wikipedia, smallmouth bass typically eat things such as small insects, frogs, tadpoles, and mice. This particular bass was caught using a white lure as shown in the picture. This fish was around 11 inches in length and weighed between 2 and 3 pounds. These are green on the backside and white on the underside. They have little black spots on the sides where the color is whitish green.