Large mouth bass fishing

Millions of people love fishing, but for the people who absolutely love bass fishing, one of the better bass to fish happens to be the largemouth bass. And if you’re wondering about the name (largemouth), it is a perfectly natural one when you see the absolutely large maw of this fish!

Largemouth bass are absolutely without a doubt the most voracious eaters of the lot and are indiscriminate about what they eat to boot! It is not for nothing that largemouth bass also go by the monikers of bucketmouth, and bigmouth! They also have other names such as Florida largemouth, southern largemouth and black bass, but these you must admit are not as colorful as bucketmouth.

One point that needs clearing up is that although the largemouth is also known as black bass, they are not the same. Although there is a separate black bass species, most all bass are commonly referred to as black bass.

Most largemouth bass can be found just about anywhere you look. Just as they are not discriminatory about their diet, they also seem not to be discriminatory about where they live. They are territorial, but being the insatiable feeders that they are, you will find that largemouth bass will go where the food is abundant.

Although you can catch largemouth during just about any season, winter included, they normally tend to come out and play from early Spring to late Summer. This is because largemouth bass prefer warmer waters (although not too warm!), and will not be as active during the colder winter months.

Largemouth bass, and indeed all bass varieties, need oxygen to survive, and warmer waters carry more oxygen than do the colder waters. Although, having said, if the temperatures soar too high and the waters heat up considerably, the oxygen level does go down.

This drop in the levels of oxygen when things to start to heat up, coupled with the fact that largemouth bass have sensitive eyes, is what sends them in search of cooler waters. The eyes of the largemouth bass are sensitive, to enable them to see in decidedly murky conditions, so they won’t expose their eyes to harsh sunlight such as when the sun is directly overhead.

Going down that path, you will then find that sometimes the more wily largemouth bass hide away during the day time and only come out as the dusk begins to fall, thus avoiding the avid bass fishermen, as well as the harsh light of sun.

Large mouth bass fishing is a fascinating sport to go after, and for some people, if they have a story of the “one that got away”, the pursuit of this bass can be their reason for going large mouth bass fishing!

Other bass fishermen of course, prefer to go after the largemouth bass for two reasons, the first being that they are great sport, and the second being that they are such great sport! Not to mention the fact they grow to a large size – a respectable 15-22 inches in length!