Certainly a lot of BassFans would be in favor of the smallmouth bass being recognized as "America's fish." But the editor of TROUT Magazine? You wouldn't think so.
Well, think again.
"Nah, give me the understated, humble, quietly confident, chartreuse-loving, popper-chomping smallmouth bass, and I’ll give you a “made in America” fish that’s a worthy adversary for the angling proletariat," Kirk Deeter wrote recently "And perhaps best of all, the smallmouth doesn’t need coddling and constant attention. What could be more apropos for the 'land of the free and home of the brave' than that?"
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