Largemouth Bass Fishing

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The largemouth bass is a variant of black bass and is one of America's most popular game fish.  It is typically olive-green in color with a white underbelly and black splotches that form a line along both sides.  The largemouth bass is referred to as such because the upper jaw extends beyond its eyes making it noticeably larger than the mouth of a smallmouth.

When feeding, the largemouth bass will use all of its senses in order to locate prey.  They are excellent at detecting food by sensing the vibration it makes as it moves through the water.  There are many great lure choices when fishing for bass including jigs, spoons, spinnerbaits, crank baits and topwater lures.  Plastic grubs and worms are also excellent choices.

Some of the live baits that will entice largemouth bass include minnows/shiners, shrimp, crayfish (crawdads) and frogs.  Bass will also bite on many larger insects and have even been observed consuming other gamefish, snakes and lizards.  If a largemouth bass can fit something in its mouth, it's fair game.

Largemouth bass can be found in shallow water during the spring spawn and will readily snatch up anything that invades their territory.  When spawning is over smaller bass will remain in shallower water while the larger fish will make their way into deeper areas of the reservoir.   Preferring to remain hidden, these bass will often congregate near brush and other sunken objects as well as around and under docks.

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