| The Largemouth Bass is one of the most
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| | can tolerate water in excess of 90
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| popular freshwater gamefish in the U. S.,
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| | degrees.
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| and maybe the world. More fishing tackle
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| | Largemouths prefer semi-clear,
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| and equipment is manufactured and sold
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| | non-flowing water with plenty of aquatic
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| for Largemouth Bass fishing than all
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| | vegetation and cover. They can be found
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| other sportfish combined. U. S. Bass
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| | in ponds, rivers, lakes, and even
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| Tournaments are a multi-million dollar
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| | brackish estuaries. They are
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| industry, with the number of participants
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| | nest-builders and spawn when the water
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| and spectators rivaling NASCAR.
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| | temperature reaches 60 degrees. Males
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| Names like Tom Mann, Jimmy Houston, Fred
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| | prefer to build a nest over a hard
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| Arboghast and Buck Perry are as familiar
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| | bottom, along a shallow shoreline.
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| to anglers as Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio
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| | Largemouth Bass are solitary, ambush-type
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| and Mickey Mantle are to baseball fans.
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| | feeders, and seldom move far from their
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| Why has this fish overshadowed the other
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| | established territory unless forced out.
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| fine species available? To understand the
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| | They will defend their area viciously
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| attraction, you have to understand the
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| | against all intruders.
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| fish itself.
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| | Smaller Largemouth Bass may school for a
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| The Largemouth Bass (Micropterus
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| | time, but when they mature, they will
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| salmoides) is also known as the Black
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| | stake out their own areas and become
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| Bass, Oswego Bass, Green Bass, and
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| | completely solitary, except for spawning.
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| Bucketmouth Bass. They are not a true
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| | A Largemouth typically will hide
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| bass, but the largest member of the
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| | somewhere near, or in dense cover, and
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| panfish family, which includes crappie
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| | remain there until suitable prey comes
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| and sunfish. Native originally to the
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| | along, which can be anything from small
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| Eastern United States, it has become one
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| | fish and insects, to swimming mammals and
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| of the most widely distributed gamefish
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| | ducks pretty much anything the Bass
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| in the world. This is due in part to the
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| | thinks it can get into its mouth! They
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| fact that it is an incredibly hardy and
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| | are not particularly picky about their
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| adaptable fish, and also because of its
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| | food, most of the time. When prey comes
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| popularity with anglers.
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| | near enough, the Bass will shoot from
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| Noted for explosive strikes,
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| | cover and explosively inhale the hapless
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| completely-airborne leaps, Wild-Weasel
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| | creature and swallow it whole.
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| evasive maneuvers, incredible strength
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| | If the food is not to their liking, they
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| and stamina, and generally pugnacious
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| | can spit it out just as quickly, as many
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| attitude, this fish puts up an epic
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| | a discouraged angler with a multi-hooked
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| battle on the end of a line. There are
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| | lure stuck in his lap can tell you. One
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| two subspecies of Largemouth Bass in the
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| | of the trademarks of Largemouth Bass is
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| U. S.: the Florida Largemouth Bass
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| | that whatever they do, they do it
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| (Micropterus salmoides floridanus), and
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| | decisively. If they bite, they do it
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| the Northern Largemouth Bass (Micropterus
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| | viciously. If they don't bite, they don't
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| salmoides salmoides). The Florida
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| | bite at all.
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| Largemouth can attain a weight of 20+
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| | There is nothing timid about this fish.
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| pounds. The Northern subspecies seldom
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| | They are not line-shy, and seldom spook
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| exceeds 10 pounds.Largemouth bass are a
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| | easily. For Largemouth Bass fishing, the
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| warm-water fish, thriving in temperatures
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| | bigger and uglier your bait is; the
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| from 65 degrees F., to 85 degrees F. They
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| | better.
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