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