Bass Fishing Essay

Bass fishing is the most popular freshwater fish in America. Bass are usually found in lakes, rivers and ponds. Most largemouth bass weigh from 1-4 lbs. Bass in Florida have been known to weigh from 1-20 lbs! Largemouth bass can be identified by a large green horizontal stripe down the middle of their body. Bass are the most popular among freshwater fisherman and can be caught in almost any body of freshwater. Bass have also been found to be in brackish water where the salt and freshwater mix.
The best time of the year to catch largemouth bass is the early spring through late May. The reason why the best time of the year to catch bass is May because the fish have just got done from spawning and they are off of their beds. Once bass get off their beds they are shallow and are eating mostly baitfish. Largemouth bass are the most active during May also because they are hungry and don’t get much to eat during that time period.
Top-water baits usually stay on top and look like a injured fish trying to get away from another fish trying to eat it. Soft-plastics are usually an enemy to bass like a lizard. A lizard usually eat‘s the eggs of another bass while they are on their beds and that’s why bass try to eat them. The way to fish a soft-plastic worm or lizard or crawfish is to just throw it near cover; like tree roots or a bush where a bass may be bedding and may want to attack the lizard. Once the bait sits there for about 2 seconds, you will begin to twitch the bait up and down and continue to reel in your slack until the bait is reeled back in. You will just continue that process until a fish is caught or you get tired of using that