Fishing for Largemouth bass
The largemouth bass is a freshwater fish known for its prominent, wide mouth and greenish-gray body with dark blotches. It primarily feeds on smaller fish, insects, and crustaceans. Typically inhabiting lakes, slow-moving rivers, and ponds, it can grow up to 24 inches and weigh around 15 pounds. This species is renowned for its aggressive behavior and is popular among anglers. This summary is AI generated
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jwillis1781
Located in Louisiana, US.
Pre-Spawn Bass Fishing Tactic: (Slow Days) I like using any combination of Black/Blue Craw style baits, slow dragged and hopped on the bottom. (Active Days) I like to use a translucent Craw patterned Crank bait bumping any and everything I can."
jwillis1781
From Louisiana, US
Post-Spawn Bass Fishing Tip: "Pretty much ANY creature style bait dragged on the bottom through the beds that I can see. -Weightless fluke with a 1/16 or less Split shot about 6-12in down the line -I have even used suspending Jerk baits with enough belly weights added add towards the front of the bait to cause a extremely slow nose dive right onto the bed, to mimic a baitfish feeding on eggs"
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-justinthompson-
United States
Pre-spawn Bass fishing tip: I typically will use a search bait such as a Rat Trap, jerk bait or under spin. And I am slow rolling everything because the water temperatures are still fairly cold.
-justinthompson-
United States
Post-spawn Bass fishing tip: Post Spawn I treat similar to pre spawn. I will still use search baits however I will be using more crank baits and chatterbaits and still slow roll. A very underutilized tactic is to just kill the bait. No I’m not talking about a quick pause. I literally mean kill the bait, don’t move it for 10-15 seconds and continue
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