Fishing for Largemouth Bass

Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are stout, olive-green predators with a broad, flattened body and a conspicuous dark horizontal stripe running from the gill plate to the tail. The lower jaw

Largemouth bass inhabit lakes, ponds, reservoirs and slow-moving rivers across much of North America and have been widely introduced elsewhere. They prefer warm, relatively shallow water with

Largemouths are versatile and respond to many methods: sight fishing with topwater baits early and late, soft plastics fished Texas- or Carolina-rigged around cover, jigs flipped into heavy

A medium to medium-heavy baitcasting or spinning outfit is standard: rods 6'6" to 7'6" with moderate to fast action; line choices from 8 lb fluorocarbon or 10–20 lb braided mainline depend on cover