| Large-mouth Bass Characteristics | | | | -Golden shiners - Perhaps the most commonly |
| Large-mouth Bass Tactics have to address the | | | | used live bait. Used with a help of a float, casting |
| fact that adult large-mouth bass are the top | | | | shiners into the edge of a weed-line or by a big |
| predators in the aquatic ecosystem. Fry feed | | | | blown-down tree can produce many fish. They |
| primarily on zoo-plankton and insect larvae. When | | | | can also be productive when used with a sinker |
| they get to about two inches in length they | | | | and cast down to rocky bottoms in early spring |
| become active predators. Feeding lasts constantly | | | | or late fall. Another tactic is to live-lined shiners, no |
| during the day, so you have to set different | | | | float, no sinker, just let it swim on their own into |
| tactics to cover all possible scenarios. Adults feed | | | | and among the weeds or rocks. Ice fishing just |
| almost exclusively on other fish and large | | | | isn't ice fishing without at least a small bucket of |
| invertebrates such as crayfish. Larger fish prey | | | | shiners to provoke strikes from sluggish winter |
| upon smaller bass. | | | | fish. Set a bait close to the bottom in up to 10 |
| Large-mouth bass are comfortable in both, deep | | | | feet of water, a large-mouth will find a circling |
| and shallow water but they usually like staying out | | | | shiner hard to resist. |
| of a current flow. Your gear should include | | | | -Crayfish - Less popular than shiners for live bait, |
| equipment for both levels of water. Always have | | | | but based on the number of artificial lures that |
| selection of surface and deep-water lures. You | | | | imitate them, they are still a wise float. A float |
| have to count on water currents as a factor as | | | | and a number 4 hook placed through a portion of |
| well. If there is a current present, then look at | | | | the tail or through back fin will often do the trick. |
| fishing the covered areas. Large-mouth are keenly | | | | - Night-crawlers - Probably are the most imitated |
| sought after by anglers and are famous for the | | | | live bait. The range of colors and styles of plastic |
| excitement of there fight. The fish can suddenly | | | | worms are a testament to the effectiveness. |
| become airborne in their effort to throw the | | | | The goal is to make the night-crawler appear |
| hook. | | | | natural while on the hook. Don't ball the worm up |
| Different Large-mouth Bass Tactics | | | | by running the hook through 5 or 6 times. Simply |
| Anglers most often fish for large-mouth bass with | | | | hook it through once in the head. Again, a float or |
| artificial lures such as plastic worms (and other | | | | sinker will help to keep your crawler in the strike |
| plastic baits), jigs, crank-baits and spinner-baits. | | | | zone. |
| Live bait, such as night-crawlers, minnows, frogs | | | | Large-mouth Bass is one of the most exiting fish |
| or craw-fish, can also be productive. In fact, large | | | | that swims. More and more of anglers throughout |
| golden shiners are one of the best things to use | | | | the N. America are discovering that Large-mouth |
| to catch trophy bass, especially when they are | | | | Bass Tactics need to be adjusted to there |
| sluggish in the heat of summer time or in the cold | | | | surprising strikes and wild airborne leaps. In a word |
| of winter. | | | | large-mouth bass are an exciting fish to catch. |
| Large-mouth Bass Tactics that include live bait can | | | | Lately, fishing community is awarding this fish |
| be extremely effective. The slowest fishing days | | | | higher and higher ranking in popularity contest. |
| can suddenly become live by using real food for | | | | Professional bass fishing tournaments are held in |
| real fish. Here are three good choices. | | | | lakes and rivers of N. America throughout the |
| Fishing for Large-mouth Bass with live bait | | | | summer. |