| This article is going to provide you with the most | | | | Suspending crankbaits accomplish this well because |
| important tips on how to catch a large-mouth bass. | | | | you can reel slowly or a bit then stop for a second |
| The trick in learning how to catch a large-mouth bass | | | | or two and repeat the process. Spinnerbaits are good |
| is being patient. Follow the tips given here and you | | | | in this situation but you may have to let them sink a |
| are certain to be successful. | | | | little deeper. Grubs can sometimes work well here as |
| Bait/lure selection: to learn how to catch large-mouth | | | | well. Another strategy in mid-summer bass fishing is |
| bass you must learn to use the appropriate bait for | | | | to suspend a worm or minnow. |
| the time, environment and place. large-mouth bass | | | | As we move through the seasons, here is how to |
| biology and bait selection go hand in hand. | | | | catch large-mouth bass in the fall: The water is |
| When fishing in spring or early summer, bass will be in | | | | cooling down to more comfortable levels and if you |
| shallower water because they have just finished | | | | are far north enough, the large-mouth bass will be |
| spawning and the water is not too hot yet. | | | | feeding extra hard to make it through the winter. |
| Topwater lures work very well in this scenario, as | | | | This is a good time to learn how to catch a |
| well as jigs, plastic worms and other soft plastic baits. | | | | large-mouth bass. Crankbaits work exceptionally well |
| The way to fish a topwater lure is to make it splash | | | | here but you can trust just about anything will work |
| and pop periodically on the surface of the water. You | | | | here as long as it is the right color and is in the right |
| want to call attention to it. Typical lures in this | | | | spot. The bass may come up close to shore and in |
| category are hoola poppers, imitation frogs and such. | | | | shallow waters in the start of fall but as winter |
| There are many ways to fish a soft plastic bait. A | | | | approaches they will get deeper and deeper. |
| good example of one in this case is to cast the bait | | | | As in all seasons of the year you will have to look for |
| and let it sink to the bottom. Then gently and slowly | | | | structures and cover be it deep or shallow to learn |
| move it along the bottom in small hops (if you are | | | | how to catch large-mouth bass. Bass like to ambush |
| using a grub-like bait) or drag it a few inches at a | | | | their prey so they need somewhere to hide out and |
| time (if using a plastic worm). If using a plastic worm | | | | snatch passing bait fish all day. They also don't like |
| you want the tail to float upwards as the nose stays | | | | direct sunlight because they have no eyelids. With |
| near the bottom. | | | | this in mind, we can be sure that an area with lots of |
| In the heat of summer the bass are in deeper water | | | | cover from the sun as well as things like weeds, logs |
| and if it is really hot they will not be moving too | | | | and rocks to hide by will be a good place to fish. |
| much. To learn how to catch a large-mouth bass in | | | | Usually you will not find bass in wide open, even |
| these conditions you will need to learn to use baits | | | | areas. |
| that get down a little deeper and move slower. | | | | |