Fishes of the New River: Smallmouth and Flatheads

Small Mouth Bass: Micropterus dolomieu

Smallmouth bass can inhabit and rivers and lakes. They usually go for gravel or rock substrate with submerged structure such as logs, but in the case of lakes and reservoirs, they can utilize sandy and soft substrates. They do best in cooler water then some other Micropterus.





Flathead Catfish: Pylodictis olivaris

Adult flatheads live in warm, deep slow moving water and can be found in lakes, rivers, canals, reservoirs often with high turbidity. Juveniles can be found in riffles of warm water rivers.




Photo taken from VT aquarium
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/efish/families/flathead.html