The Water Resources Division's Surface Water Assessment Section oversees the protection of the quality of surface waters throughout the State of Michigan.
WEIGHT = 4.09 pounds Largemouth Bass Weight. The formula to calculate the weight for a Largemouth Bass that is 20 inches long and has a girth of 15 inches is as follows. Largemouth Bass have a shape factor of 1050. WEIGHT = LENGTH x GIRTH2 / SHAPE FACTOR. WEIGHT= 20 x (152) / 1050.
Largemouth Bass: In Smith Mountain Lake, largemouth outnumber smallmouth. bass 10:1. The highest density of largemouth is found uplake of Hales Ford. Bridge in the Roanoke River arm and Buoy 26 in the Black water River arm.