| Catching a big Largemouth Bass is something that | | | | temperatures. |
| you will remember for a lifetime. But it can be | | | | 6. When the wind is up fish the shores in the |
| tricky. Follow the easy tips that fisherman all over | | | | direction its blowing. The wind blows small plant |
| use and you will see a difference. | | | | particles towards the shore and the bait fish |
| 1. Fish weed edges. Bass use weed beds as cover | | | | follow. Try starting out from shore a bit and fish |
| to ambush their prey. Also the plants give off | | | | your way in. |
| oxygen that bass require. Weed beds are | | | | 7. If you don't know what color bait to use try |
| normally full of bait fish. | | | | green. A good natural color for all year long is |
| 2. In the mornings and evenings fish the shadow | | | | green. If you have to choose one try this as it |
| edges. As the sun comes up or sets bass love to | | | | works well in all types of water . |
| feed around the edge of shadows cast from | | | | 8. Keep your hooks sharp. If you don't like |
| docks, logs, rocks or the shore. Shadows make it | | | | sharpening hooks make sure and buy new ones. |
| easier for them to ambush food without the food | | | | If it doesn't catch easily on your finger when tying |
| seeing them. | | | | it on its too dull. |
| 3. Use finesse when using plastic worms. Plastic | | | | 9. Bass will bite during cold weather. As long as its |
| worms are an excellent bass bait but must be | | | | not below 38 degrees they will bite but are slow |
| used right. Gently work and twitch the worm so it | | | | and sluggish reducing their strike zone. Use jigs |
| quivers instead of bouncing all over. | | | | and work underwater logs, weed beds, and rocks. |
| 4. Bass rely on sight more during midday. When | | | | Jig up and down as close as possible to get them |
| the sun is up visibility is greater. Bass can see the | | | | to strike. |
| bait much better. Use more of the realistic looking | | | | 10. Use no perfumed soap before fishing. Your |
| artificial lures during these times of the day. | | | | nice smelling soap, perfume, aftershave, or |
| 5. Bass don't feed as much in very cold water. | | | | cologne all will transfer to your bait and gear and |
| Under 38 degrees bass become almost totally | | | | spook fish. Fish can smell small particles in the |
| dormant. Know where the cold water is and avoid | | | | water over large distances. The fishier you smell |
| it as bass slow way down on feeding in these | | | | the better. |