Large Mouth Bass Fishing
Large mouth bass abound in the running clear waters of America. It is great fun to catch this warm water fish.
They are usually found within a depth of ten feet or less where water is warmest.
Overcast days with a moderate wind, that results in a slightly choppy water surface will entice a large mouth bass .late evening and early mornings are the ideal times to hunt for them.
Religiously remember to use sharpened hooks at all times.
Use differently colored spinner baits (with willow leaf baits for low light conditions) and (with rounded blades fitted with a cup at the end to attract by sound) for different conditions. Keep a full arsenal of colors ready in your tackle box.
A small canoe or boat or float-tube is the best vehicle to explore the waters of bass fishing lakes and rivers.
Large mouth Bass fishes are usually found to prowl or lurk around submerged rocks, docks, duck blinds, rocky points, overhanging brush, floating islands of bulrushes, lilies and tulles, downed trees or weed beds.
Move quietly along the shore line and fish the water. This is the best way to find schools of bass. Cast from right to left till you have fished all the water. Then move on and repeat.
A large mouth bass will obviously require larger flies as bait.
Giant sized large mouth bass are tempted by crawfish, frogs, baitfish, shad, lizard etc.
A larger rod is required to fish the bigger flies which will imitate the live food.
The standard bass rod is an eight-weighter that comes with a corresponding bass bug taper line.
A stronger rod will enable you to stop the bass on its track and prevent it from diving into the weeds or brush after taking the fly.
Act like a bass if you are serious about catching one. Stalk a bass the way it stalks its prey using all your senses and being alert, observant and aware. Lie in wait patiently for this fish as it lies in wait for its prey.
A large mouth bass possesses explosive muscles which translate into tremendous strength. This makes it launch into an attack on its prey by crashing through the weeds with great momentum.
Bass fishing has the best that fresh water fishing can provide, but on a greater scale – very big fishes, long drawn out tug of wars, loads of impressive top water action.
A small thin Dahlberg Diver is the biggest fly that can be recommended.
An ideal material for bass bugs is deer hair
No matter what the size, but most bass can be cast from twenty to fifty feet, if you keep still and silent. The bug should make all the noise. If you shuffle around disturbing the stillness of the atmosphere, you will scare away the bass into deeper waters.
Another strategy is moving/shaking the fly at a creeping rate.