Smallmouth Bass
| Smallmouth Bass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A freshwater fish that is very sensitive to pollution. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Information
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| Location | Town River • Forest Pond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season |  Spring •  Fall
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| Weather | Any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Difficulty | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavior | Mixed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size (inches) | 12–25
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| Fishing XP | 12  15  18  24
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The Smallmouth Bass is a fish that can be caught in the river in Pelican Town and in the pond in Cindersap Forest during Spring and Fall. It may also randomly appear at the Traveling Cart for 
150–1,000g or in Garbage Cans during Spring or Fall.
Smallmouth Bass can be caught regardless of season using Magic Bait.
Map
Smallmouth Bass can be found in the town river and forest pond.
Gifting
| Villager Reactions
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| Neutral |  Demetrius •  Elliott •  Leo •  Linus •  Pam •  Sebastian •  Willy
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| Dislike |  Abigail •  Alex •  Caroline •  Clint •  Dwarf •  Emily •  George •  Gus •  Harvey •  Jas •  Jodi •  Kent •  Krobus •  Leah •  Lewis •  Marnie •  Maru •  Penny •  Robin •  Sam •  Sandy •  Shane •  Vincent •  Wizard
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| Hate |  Evelyn •  Haley •  Pierre
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Bundles
Smallmouth Bass is not used in any bundles.
Recipes
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | Recipe Source(s) | Sell Price | |||
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Maki Roll | Fish and rice wrapped in seaweed. |  Any Fish (1) Seaweed (1) Rice (1)
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 100 45
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220g
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Quality Fertilizer | Improves soil quality, increasing your chance to grow quality crops. Mix into tilled soil. |  Sap (4) Any Fish (1)
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N/A |  Farming Level 9
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10g
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Sashimi | Raw fish sliced into thin pieces. | Any Fish (1)
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75 33
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75g
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Tailoring
Smallmouth Bass can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the Fishing Vest. 
It can be used in dyeing, serving as an orange dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.
Fish Pond
Smallmouth Bass can be placed in a Fish Pond, where they will reproduce every 2 days. The initial pond capacity is 3 fish, but the capacity can be increased to 10 by completing three quests. The only possible output is dark brown Smallmouth Bass Roe.
| Pond Capacity | Quest Item | Fishing XP Granted | |
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| Before Quest | After Quest | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 Acorns, 10 Bug Meat, 3 Maple Seeds, or 3 Pine Cones | 30 |
| 5 | 7 | 3 Gold Ore, 1 Maple Syrup, or 5 Mixed Seeds | 30 |
| 7 | 10 | 1 Crayfish, 1 Honey, 2 Jade, or 1 Periwinkle | 30 |
| Item(s) Produced | Fishing XP Granted | Population | % of Items | Overall Daily Chance |
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 Roe (1)
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12 | 1-10 | 90% | 21-86% |
| Nothing | 1-10 | 10% | 79-14% |
Quests
- Item Delivery: One Smallmouth Bass may be randomly requested in Spring or Fall at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 150g and 150 Friendship points.
- Fishing: Demetrius or Willy may request 1-4 smallmouth bass during Spring or Fall at the "Help Wanted" board outside Pierre's General Store for a reward of 50g per fish. (You get to keep the fish).