Basic Largemouth Bass Fishing Tips

• Bass fishing is most fun with surface lures.

• Best action is very early morning or evening.

• Casting accuracy is especially important with bass. Favorite haunts include weedbeds, rushes, stumps, lily pads, docks, or trees and bushes standing in water.

• Surface lures such as poppers or wounded minnows should be twitched and chugged in a tantalizing fashion in contrast to the speed retrieve so effective with northern pike. As the bait hits the water, give it a little jerl, then let it set for 20 or 30 seconds before the next pull.

• Shallow running lures are often more productive than surface baits, but not as exciting at the moment of the strike. Crank baits and buzzer baits can be quite effective.

• Bass are not always in shallow water but they may feed in depths of 10' or more, especially during the day. Plastic worms or live bait are especially effective in deeper waters.

• Bass often cruise through bull rushes and at such times may be taken with weedless lures such as buzzer baits and spinners.