| Many fishermen love to go fishing for bass. Bass are | | | | hiding for their prey to come to them rather then going |
| normally found in salt water and in bayou water. In | | | | out to find it. Bass also need protection since they do |
| addition, they can be located in lakes, reservoirs, ponds | | | | not have eyelids and they need to prevent blindness in |
| and streams. If you can pinpoint the characteristics of | | | | case of attack. You will be able to see bass hiding |
| bass fish living, you will be able to find them more | | | | along wooden structures such as fencerows, pilings, |
| easily on your day out on the water. The water | | | | docks, floating and decaying wood. Another hiding spot |
| conditions, water levels, weather, light and food | | | | is behind weeds. The final place where they lurk is |
| availability will al de determinants on where the bass | | | | behind rocks because they provide cover and |
| fish goes. Food, cover, and oxygen are essential for | | | | sometimes have some food. As far as lures and baits |
| bass to live. If the body of water does not provide | | | | go for fishing for bass, the best option is to discover |
| these three things, then there are no bass or the bass | | | | on your own what works and what does not. Some |
| will not survive if it migrates over to that particular | | | | recommendations to get started off with are Tequila |
| body of water. Bass love to prey on crawfish. A close | | | | colored 7-inch worms, Rebel Wee-Rs and |
| second is shad. Bass find it easier to catch crawfish | | | | Hellgrammites. Bass are unpredictable sometimes so |
| and they are more filling than other types of prey. But | | | | experience is the best way to find out how to attract |
| in reality a bas will eat a variety of fish an animals | | | | bass. Bass are normally rather slow in motion and are |
| including: rats, mice, ducklings, frogs, snakes, | | | | not very highly motivated. For instance a bass could |
| salamanders, worms, lizards, grubs, baitfish, insects, and | | | | be right in front of your bait but decide not to snag it |
| leeches. After food comes oxygen in the search for | | | | because it is too lazy to swim 20 feet. You will |
| Bass. Generally, the cooler the water is, the more | | | | definitely need patience with these fish. Temperature |
| oxygen it provides, so that means that most bass that | | | | and weather conditions often affect bass fishing |
| you find will be residing in cooler waters. Bass will often | | | | because they will not always stay in the same spot |
| swim to more profound areas of the body of water | | | | and even finding the exact spot of where they will be |
| that they are living in during the spring and summer | | | | is often difficult. The best you can do is to discover the |
| because it is cooler and there is more oxygen at that | | | | likelihood that a bass may be hiding out in a certain |
| level in the water. They will also linger around where | | | | area and wait for it. |
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