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| | Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Largemouth Bass Virus |
 | | The year the virus struck in July, the average fell to 5.99 pounds and declined to 4.92 pounds the next year before hitting bottom in 2001, when the average was 4.80 pounds. |
 | | The virus was first found in Florida in the 1980s, though it was not associated with a kill. |
 | | While the virus appears to kill only largemouth bass, the virus can be carried, and perhaps transmitted, by other species of fish, including smallmouth bass, spotted bass, bluegills, redbreast sunfish, white crappie, and fl crappie. |
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