Largemouth Bass Research Paper

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The Largemouth Bass is one of the most interesting freshwater fish in the world. A Largemouth Bass is a freshwater fish. There are different things about largemouth bass and how to identify them, where they come from, what they look like, and their behavior. The gear to use to catch them, when to catch them and what kind of boats to get to go bass fishing. There are a number of different ways to identify a Largemouth bass. Most Largemouths are dark green with white stripes along the middle of their bodies with green dots on the white stripes (Bridges and Bester). Their size can range anywhere from 12-25 inches for comparison, that's more than feet. They can get up to 20 pounds at best, that's how much an average person would curl when working …show more content…
Down in the more southern states of the US, Largemouth bass are less aggressive but also grow to bigger sizes. Up north Largemouth bass are very aggressive but don't grow to be as big as down south. In the north there's less food and more fish due to better spawning conditions, making Bass fish compete for food. Down south there's more food and less spawning due to hot weather and tropical storms. One of the bad causes of these tropical storms are fish dying left on the street after the water goes away or fish being relocated to places they aren't native to, for example the peacock bass is in the bass family it originated in brazil and slowly made its way into states like florida alabama texas and neighboring states due to tropical storms (Lyons et al.). There are many different baits/ lures a person can use to catch Largemouth bass. worms and hooks are the simplest and easiest to use but can also be very effective. Lures and Baits can vary from hard to soft to big, small, deep diver, shallow diver, and top water. A top water lure is mainly used in shallower water or in the earlier hours of the morning. The opener for bass fishing is