| Fishing for Largemouth Bass can be tricky but it | | | | 6.When bass are bedding in shallow coves you should |
| doesn't have to be. Prepare to arm yourself with 10 | | | | shake a 4-inch tube bait repeatedly on the bed. Bass |
| tips that will help you catch your limit when you fish | | | | pros will shake one on a bed for 30 minutes to get a |
| for this elusive bass. | | | | big female to strike. |
| 1. When using a plastic worm shake a finesse worm. | | | | 7. Bass feed sporadically in frigid water. They will |
| The trick is to work the bait so subtly that it merely | | | | become totally dormant in water below 38 degrees. |
| quivers and pulsates in place. Bucket mouths can't | | | | 8. Bass will congregate along wind-blown banks |
| refuse. | | | | because the wind blows plankton blooms toward |
| 2. Bass rely on their eyes when capturing prey. This | | | | shore, baitfish follow and the bass move in. Start |
| is why it is critical to use the most realistic baits | | | | about 100 yards offshore, casting a shad-colored |
| during midday, when visibility peaks and a bass is | | | | suspending jerkbait. Then root a craw-colored crank |
| best able to spot a fake. | | | | through the shallow mudline. |
| 3.The best color for your soft plastic baits, all year | | | | 9. During a cold front bass will seek cover and |
| long is green pumpkin. The natural, subtle shade | | | | continue to bite, but their strike zone will be smaller |
| produces in clear, stained, and muddy water and | | | | than normal. Lower a jig into the densest brush, |
| during cold fronts and on heavily pressured lakes. | | | | weeds, or logjam you can find, and work it gently up |
| 4. Fish those weeds. Bass use weedy cover to hide | | | | and down until the bass can't resist. |
| from and ambush shiners, bluegills, crayfish and other | | | | 10. You are most likely to find a trophy largemouth in |
| prey. | | | | a farm pond. Typically located on private property |
| 5. Contrary to some peoples opinions, crankbaits do | | | | and lightly fished, farm ponds are famous for |
| not catch as many lunker bass as plastic worms, | | | | producing giant bass. Big, popular lakes get intense |
| jig-and-pigs, and tube baits which have random, | | | | pressure and big rivers commonly have little natural |
| erratic actions. | | | | habitat. |