Your Questions About Largemouth Bass Lures
George asks…
Is the artificial rattesnake a good largemouth bass lure? I’ve heard the Grande Rattlesnake is a good lure.
LMBassFish answers: L’m not familiar with this particular lure but doug hannon (the bass professor) has a snake lure that works. L have seen bass eat a live copperhead so l know snakes/lures will work.
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Mandy asks…
What pound test should I use for Largemouth bass? Fishing in the Muskoka region in Ontario, Largemouth from 3 – 6 pounds. What test line should I use? Ussually I use 8 or 10.
LMBassFish answers: Depends on where your fishing and what lure your using. In thick, matted, weeds or thick, woody, structure you’d probably want to upgrade to (at least) 15-20 LB line. If your fishing open water conditions, where few weeds are present, 8-10LB line will be fine. Here is an excellent website that describes the line size typically used for a variety of lureshttp://www.bassfishin.com/blog/fishing-line-guide/ Hope this helps ya?
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Sandy asks…
How has everybody’s BASS fishing season been going!!!!!? Hey guys and girls just wanted to ask how everybody’s fishing season been going. What lures have you been using and what do you think is the best Bass lure for august and the upcoming september? (:
LMBassFish answers: Fishing has been GREAT! Im not catching to many bass but I did catch the biggest bass of my life a 20 inch Largemouth that weighed 5 pounds (Im only a teen)! That is going up on my wall. I was using a topwater plug and i was popping it. I had an Abu Garcia Black Max Rod and reel combo.
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Thomas asks…
Are the Berkley powerbait rattlin shrimp good lures for largemouth bass? If yes what is the best retrieve for them?
LMBassFish answers: No, I wouldn’t think its a good lure for them. Anything that’s made to look, feel, smell, taste or even resemble a shrimp is made for saltwater. A largemouth bass may hit it thinking its a crawdad, though. You can try bouncing it in slowly and working it like a crawdad.
James asks…
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What are the differences between Northern strain largemouth bass and Florida strain largemouth bass? Seriously, both strains are Micropterus salmoides and they’re both in the sunfish family, Centrarchidae. So what are the differences between the two species?
LMBassFish answers: Ok, well first off… They are both not “salmoides”. The Florida-strain is actually Micropterus salmoides floridanus, and is actually a subspecies. That’s one of the major differences. Another difference is the Florida-strain grows larger and faster than its northern counterpart. Bass growth is faster in southern waters than in northern waters because the growing season (number of days suitable for growth) is longer. For example, in four years, the the average Louisiana largemouth reaches about 18 inches; an Illinois bass is about 13 inches, while a Wisconsin bass averages about 11 inches. The growing season in the South may be twice as long as it is in the North. Other differences are, Florida-strain bass generally have very well defined, and much darker, vertical and horizontal lateral lines than their northern cousins. Their pectoral and anterior dorsal fins are also more nearly vertically aligned and somewhat larger than the northern-strain largemouth bass, whose pectorals are most generally located just forward of the anterior dorsal fin. The Florida-strain also tends to have 70 or more lateral line scales with a broken lateral band and the northern-strain tends to have 68 or fewer lateral line scales with an unbroken band. EDIT: Thank you, BEA, you make a good point, thumbs. I don’t know why I didn’t mention it before. Florida-strain largemouths wise up quicker to lure presentations than their northern brethren. You can sting a Florida bass once or twice with a hook before it completely stops biting. A northern-strain bass however, you can stick with a hook once or twice, but an hour later, it will hit again. A Florida bass though, seems to learn
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