Largemouth
bass have a very large habitat range from southern Canada all the wall
through Mexico and into Central America and Cuba. The largemouth bass
is considered America's favorite gamefish and for good reasons. This
fish is one outstanding fighting fish when you get them hooked on your
line, once you catch one he breaks water and tries to spit your bass
bait you will be hooked too!
You will find largemouth bass in
weedy natural lakes and reservoirs, sluggish streams and ponds, or
gravel pits. Any waters within the largemouth's preferred temperature
range of 68 degrees to 78 degrees farenheight, that have plenty woody
cover and good weed cover, and do not freeze out during the winter.
Large
mouth bass are not picky feeders you can can concentrate your
largemouth bass bait fishing efforts using live baits such as small
fish, crayfish, larva aquatic insects, small manuals, salamanders,
frogs, nightcrawlers, leeches, snails, and very small snakes. Or you
can go bait fishing for largemouth bass artificial baits that are
available to the bass fisherman on the market today.
To catch
largemouth bass in the spring head to shallow mud bottom bays in
natural lakes. To catch large mouth bass in the spring in man made
lakes go to back ends of shallow brushy creek arms. To catch the
largemouth bass in the spring in rivers head to shallow dead end
sloughs and other backwater off the main river.
To catch bass
during the large mouth bass spawning period in natural lakes head for
protected bays and shore lines with a firm bottom. To catch bass during
the spawn in man made lakes head to backwater areas that have a firm
bottom. In rivers head to shallow dead end sloughs and backwater areas
off the main river channel. To catch largemouth bass during the summer
and fall head to weedless points, humps that have weedy and rocky cover
and that slope gradually into deeper water in natural lakes. Also
sloped bays where there is dense overhead cover will hold bass because
the cover keeps the sunlight out and the water temperature will be
cooler. In man made lakes head the back end of creek arms. In rivers
head sloughs with current, deep backwaters, and side channels in
backwaters.
To catch bass while bait fishing in natural lakes
during late fall and into winter check humps, points, and other
structure that slope drastically to deep water. Also check inside turns
and shallow flats during warm days. In man made lake head to main lake
points, and any main river channel during late fall and winter. To
catch large mouth bass in rivers during the late fall and winter head
deep water areas off the main river channel, and near warm water
discharge areas such as power plant.
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