Kevinlp - That is a largemouth bass. After looking at the picture, I have two thoughts. 1. I suspect that your pond is a pond that is older than 3 or 4 yrs. 2. I conclude this because the bass in the picture appears to be stunted. A closer photo would have been more helpful to determine stunting. The fish when it died appeared fairly plump but the but head looks a little larger than that for a typical 12" LMbass. I doubt that the dead bass grew to that size in your NY pond in one year (10-11 mo); possible but not likely. I suspect that it was present when you stocked fish last year. It could have died of old age?. How old is your pond?
