| Bass is a term that applies to a wide variety | | | | fishing gear supply for many kinds of bass. |
| of fish from many different species. The | | | | Spinnerbaits look like a safety pin with |
| equipment and techniques that work for some | | | | spinner blades on one end. Spinnerbait is |
| bass will not work or all of them so you need | | | | great around rocks, logs, or other |
| to have a wide variety of bass fishing gear | | | | structures, and these tend to be the best |
| in order to be sucessful. One of the most | | | | locations to cast for bass. Some bass |
| popular types of bass for fishing is | | | | fishermen prefer crankbait since it can be |
| largemouth bass. Largemouth bass are | | | | fished in a variety of locations and depths |
| extremely aggressive and will bite many types | | | | and has an appearance like many small fish |
| of baits and lures. You can use live bait | | | | that the bass feed on. Many bass fishermen |
| such as worms, minnows, or streamers and | | | | have used the oldschool method of a worm and |
| poppers. Largemouth bass tend to like warmer | | | | a hook to great success for years. Other live |
| waters and are best caught early in the | | | | bait can be used as well, and artificial |
| morning. | | | | worms have achieved good results. |
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| Smallmouth bass tend to live in lakes or | | | | Since bass can be large and heavy you want to |
| rocky streams. This is where their favorite | | | | be sure your reel, line, and rod are up to |
| foods, such as crayfish, are easily found. | | | | the task but not overbuilt. Reels, lines, and |
| Smallmouth bass will bite live bait such as | | | | rods that are too slight can break and cause |
| dragonfly larvae, crayfish, and | | | | you to lose fish, but equipment that is |
| hellgrammites. Be careful using live crayfish | | | | overbuilt can inhibit your technique and |
| because many places have laws against having | | | | cause you to catch fewer fish. Since |
| live crayfish while fishing. You can also use | | | | largemouth bass are known to bite almost |
| artificial bait, but you should be sure to | | | | anything your success depends as much on your |
| fish quietly and use tackle that stays on the | | | | ability to actually reel the fish in as it |
| surface. Be sure to cast towards rocky areas | | | | does on your ability to make the fish want to |
| or logs, not in wide open water. | | | | bite. The bass will do the biting for you, |
| | | | but they will not want to come aboard without |
| Spinnerbait is great to have in your bass | | | | a fight. |