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Welcome to our section on bass fishing tips. Here you’ll learn everything you need to know about bass and bass fishing. Here we don’t just share tips, we educate you on bass so you not only know what they do but why they do it. It doesn’t matter if you’re a novice fisherman or an expert, you’ll benefit from the tips on fishing for bass on this page. First, you’ll learn about the basics of bass, largemouth to be exact. Then you’ll review some of the best bass fishing tips, followed by a list of largemouth bass all-time world records. At the end you’ll find additional information to further your research on the most sought after game fish in the world.
What comes to your mind when you hear the word bass? Mostly likely a largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is what you are visualizing. Bass is a general term that is shared by several different types of this fish species. They include choctaw bass (M. haiaka), guadalupe bass (M. treculii), smallmouth bass (M. dolomieu), spotted bass (M. punctulatus), striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and white bass (M. chrysops). The fishing tips for bass on this web page are geared mostly towards largemouth bass, especially since they are one of the most popular fish sought by fishermen.
Largemouth bass are one of the most popular game fish in North America. They are a species of black bass and considered to be an apex predator but they can be preyed upon by other fish and animals when a juvenile. Largemouth bass have a very distinct appearance, they are olive green with dark strip in a jagged strip that is horizontal along each flank. They can live up to 16 years in the wild, reaching a maximum recorded length of 29.5 inches and a weight of 22 pounds. Their diet consists of bait fish, crawfish, frogs, insects, scuds, shrimp, small fish and snakes. They catch and eat prey that can be as large as 25 to 50% of their body length.
Below are some of the best tips to help you when fishing for largemouth bass. If you would like to submit on of your own bass fishing secrets then please use our tip submission form, we’ll review it, then test it and see if it can be added to one of our fishing tip sections.
Below is a list of the top 5 largemouth bass according to Bassmaster. The below records are based on worldwide catches and there may have been record caught bass that were never reported or improperly reported to Bassmaster. You can view the top 25 largemouth bass by visiting the bassmaster website.
#1 – Manabu Kurita in Japan on 7-2-2009 caught a 22.3 lbs. largemouth bass in Lake Biwa
#2 – George W. Perry in the USA on 6-2-1932 caught a 22.2 lbs. largemouth bass in Lake Montgomery
#3 – Robert J. Crupi in the USA on 03-12-1991 caught a 22.0 lbs. largemouth bass in Lake Castaic
#4 – Michael Arujo in the USA on 03-05-1991 caught a 21.75 lbs. largemouth bass in Lake Castaic
#5 – Jed Dickerson in the USA on 05-31-2003 caught a 21.68 lbs. largemouth bass in Dixon Lake
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