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