Bass Fishing Research Paper

Most fisherman want to know more about what they are fishing for and what are the best techniques to use to help catch what they are after. Bass anglers that fish in tournaments usually break it down to a science, and try to use everything the know to their advantage. The Large Mouth Bass is one of the most popular game fish in the United States. Bass anglers can win hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. There are also people that just do it because they love to be outdoors and they enjoy fishing. A lot of the same questions are asked very often about Bass fishing such as, what are the top bass fishing lakes in the U.S., what time of the year is the best time for bass fishing, what conditions do they react the best in, rain, cloudy, sunny. …show more content…
1. Toledo Bend Reservior, LA/TX Toledo Bend is the 1st Fishery to hold the #1 spot for more than a year. By may 17, the lake produced 139 double digit bass weights! No. 2. Santee Cooper Lakes, Marion and Moultrie, South Carolina, Bryan Thrift won a 3 day event that took place on the lake with 79-15 but on day to he was short of his limit by one fish. No. 3. Clear Lake, California, The past 6 year year it has been in the top 10 of all the lakes. A 3 day tournament on this lake had 31 bass between 7-11 pounds come to the official scale. Guids also reported clients catching 30 plus pound limits. No. 4. Lake Erie, New York, In the late 2000s Kotaro Kiriyama caught 93 pounds 6 ounces of bass in one tournament. Its nothing to go catch a 20 pound bag 5 fish limit of small-mouth bass. No. 5. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California. It took more than 25 pounds to win 60% of the January - April tournaments. There were five 30-pound bags at an american bass contest in march.
What time of the year is bass fishing at its best? According to (www.takemefishing.org) the best time of the year to catch bass is to find out what time of the year is their spawning time. Largemouth bass generally spawn during late winter in the southern regions of the U.S., and during late spring in the northern parts. Water temperature plays a big part of the spawning time. When the water temperature reach to about 60 degrees, …show more content…
According to (www.1source.basspro.com, Wade Bourne) when fishing dirty water you want to use a bright color bait such as chartreuse, bright orange, yellow. Because the bass’s vision is terrible due to all the silt. You want to fish with a bait that is more flashy, makes noise, and bright colored. Many pros use a bright colored spinnerbait, crankbait, rattle trap when fishing dirty water to help them be successful. When fishing clear water the bass can see very well. So you want to use a lure that more natural in the environment that you fishing. Patterns such as ,crawfish, shad, perch, crappie patterns will work great. In most conditions It’s more of what season it is and where the bass are located. Early to late spring you will find the bass closer to the bank for spawning. While the bass are spawning any bait or lure that imitates a predator fish, or puts off a threat towards the bass eggs or its young, the bass will react to. During mid-summer the water is too hot so the bass will be in shaded areas, such as tree branches, docks, lilly pads. If they do not have very good cover they will move into deeper water to stay cool. So using a deep diving crankbait would be an ideal lure for fishing in deeper water. Bass typically like to be around cover, anything that makes them feel safe. Deep water they will hang around stump beds, brush piles. Shallow water they like rocks, trees, tall grass.
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