| Fishermen from Cuba to Canada get utterly | | | | anywhere from February to mid-June. After |
| excited every time a largemouth bass strikes | | | | dropping her eggs the female usually abandons |
| their hook. The fish leaps out of the water, | | | | the nest leaving the male there to guard until the |
| mouth open trying to shake the hook out of its | | | | young bass can fend for them selves. Male bass |
| mouth and often it does. | | | | will usually strike at anything that comes near the |
| The largemouth bass has become one of the | | | | nest. For this reason some places close fishing in |
| most widely fished species in the world. This is | | | | certain spawning areas while the nesting season is |
| because bass are so easy to find because of | | | | going on. |
| their great ability to survive any where they may | | | | Bass can adapt to almost any foods. That's why |
| be located. You will find these fish as far north as | | | | they can adapt well in many bodies of water |
| northern Canada in the great lakes; you will find | | | | around the world. Small fish, crayfish, frogs, insect |
| them in murky back waters, small ponds and | | | | larvae, snakes, turtles, mice and even birds have |
| even great spawning reservoirs in Mexico. | | | | been found in the stomachs of bass. |
| A few other names for large mouth are Black | | | | Because bass don't like bright sunlight they usually |
| Bass, bucket mouth or sunfish. Large mouths are | | | | feed early in the morning or late in the evening |
| actually a member of the sun fish family. Bass fan | | | | during the summer time. During the day they |
| out shallow in saucer shaped nests in the spring. | | | | usually hang out in drop offs close to feeding |
| They usually travel in water between 2 to 4 feet | | | | areas. Fishing for bass is usually great on rainy |
| deep. They spawn in bays, cuts or channels and | | | | days. Depending where you fish large mouth bass |
| rough water often washes away their nests. | | | | can be caught anywhere from 1 pound to 20 |
| Large mouths usually spawn when the water | | | | pounds with the world record being 22 pounds, 4 |
| warms to the low- to mid-60s. Depending on | | | | ounces in Montgomery Lake, Georgia in 1932. |
| where the bass are they can lay their eggs | | | | |