| Off shore fishing for large mouth Bass
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| | example, when warmer water temperatures
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| has recently renewed its ability to fill
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| | are present or lack of good cover Bass
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| the live well!
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| | will relate to off shore structure.
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| Many Largemouth anglers limit themselves
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| | Boating a Largemouth on a mid lake hump
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| to the lake's shore to pursue bucket
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| | is unheard of, or is it! If off shore
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| mouth. But limiting ourselves to
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| | structure, hump or not, is able to
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| shoreline structures alone can also limit
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| | sustain bucket mouth then why not fish
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| the live well numbers.
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| | it! Shallow weeds, deep weeds, boulders
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| By off shore, I'm not saying deep
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| | all combined with deep and shallow water
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| structure. I'm simply saying that certain
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| | and enough food to sustain them
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| off shore structure should not be
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| | comfortably; why would they not be there?
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| overlooked. Weeds found off shore are
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| | In three separate occasions during this
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| 'prime' if you know what to look for as
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| | years tournaments off shore Largemouth
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| far as characteristics go. A good six to
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| | have been put in the live well. One
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| ten foot cap on a shoal littered with
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| | particular mid lake hump produced a five
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| weed growth is good terrain. If
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| | fish limit alone and it couldn't be more
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| surrounded by depths of thirty to forty
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| | than half a tennis court in fishable
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| feet then it might just hold Smallmouth
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| | area!
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| Bass. But with surrounding depths staying
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| | Lake bottom peninsulas are a Largemouth
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| relatively shallow, say fifteen feet, or
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| | magnet. Gems like these (See diagram) are
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| better yet, gradually sloping rather than
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| | difficult to find with all the right
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| dropping off quickly, its chances of
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| | characteristics to house the Bass. But
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| holding Largemouth Bass are higher.
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| | when you do find one, it can surprise
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| When fishing such areas I am convinced
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| | even the novice Bass angler with its fish
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| that Bass are present when baitfish are
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| | producing abilities.
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| spotted or detected on the end of my
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| | Off shore islands in relatively shallow
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| line. Good structure and baitfish
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| | lakes will also hold Largemouth Bass. One
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| verification gets my Bass instincts
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| | Particular island in the Kawartha Lakes,
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| 'tingling'. Determination now plays a
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| | Ontario, still to this day, produces both
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| roll! Basically, off shore angling for
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| | bucket and Smallmouth. And yet rarely do
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| Largemouth should be considered a
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| | I have angler traffic around me. Find
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| possibility and we know that exploring as
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| | weeds and work them thoroughly! You too
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| many possibilities in our search for the
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| | will be rewarded as I was in this photo
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| fish is just good Bass sense!
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| | with the Island in the foreground. Bass
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| Looking for areas like these to fish has
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| | like this have been a common occurrence!
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| its advantages (See diagram). For
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