Sunday, 8 April 2012

Fishing For Bass

By Owen Jones


It is very handy to get some tips on bass fishing when you are a beginner. Firstly, it it is important to know that bass are fish whose metabolism depends on the temperature of the surrounding water. Their metabolism rises or falls proportionally with the increase or decrease in water temperature. Therefore, if the water where they happen to be is cold, as it is in deeper waters, they are less active and so eat a lot less.

Therefore, around about January, you should start bass fishing in increasingly warmer waters because the bass will want to leave the colder deeper waters so that they can spawn. Furthermore, during the Autumn/Fall the bass begin to move towards colder and deeper waters where they would be safer during the cold season. But fishermen should not expect them to migrate great distances all that quickly because their cycles of moving from one place to the next as the seasons do take several months.

It is also good to know when you are bass fishing that these fish are very sociable: that is, they tend to shoal together into quite large schools, which generally consist of fish of the same size. That obviously means that, if you catch some bass in one spot, you are likely to catch more in the same area so long as you do not throw the fish you've already caught back into the water dead as that could well panic the rest of the shoal.

In addition, bass fishing areas are fairly easy to spot. One should take into account that they are predators but not very active ones as their favorite meal is not actually one they have to struggle for. They would rather wait patiently and lazily for a victim to come by and then snap it up.

Bass often go for injured or slow game even though they might not be on their regular diet. Their regular diet consists of crawfish, minnows, worms, insects, frogs and such like. Once a fisherman has learned these things about bass, together with their mating habits, fishing for them is much easier and much more enjoyable.

On the other hand, these fish are prey themselves so they need cover as well. That is why bass fishing is carried out in areas where they can find safety in and around small or big rocks, weeds and other shady or sunny, well-lit areas where it is difficult for them to be spotted.

However, success at bass fishing also depends on the type of bait the fisherman uses. The bait should be varied according to both the season " spring, summer, autumn or winter " and the spawning cycle of this fish. Beginners should take heart from the fact that there are always experienced anglers ready to provide a tip - don't be afraid to ask because the most effective bait does vary from one region to the next.




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