When bass fishing, anglers employ a variety of tactics to land their fish. At different types of day, different lures and bait can be employed. Good morning baits are buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. Midday calls for crankbaits or ?jig-n-pig? baits meant to look like crayfish. In the afternoon, plastic worms, fish, lizards, frogs, and fish can help catch the perfect bass. Live bait can work at all times, but has to be kept in good condition so that it will move enticingly when sighted by the fish. Bass will eat almost anything moving, so it is good to keep your line in motion.

Bass are cold blooded, and so can only survive and be active in a narrow range of temperatures. They are most active between sixty and seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit. Below fifty degrees or so, their metabolisms slow down, and so does their eating. Sluggish bass are less inclined to take bait. Above eighty degrees, the level of oxygen in the water drop and place the bass under stress. On a warm summer day, the bass are likely to keep to cooler waters where the oxygen levels are higher.

Bass are a schooling fish. When you catch one, you will probably catch another in the same area. This means that once you find bass, you should slow down and cast thoroughly into the immediate area to find more. If you are catching and releasing your fish, you should not put them immediately back into the water. Frightened fish can scare others off. Most fishing boats have a live well in which you can keep fish before releasing them. It is especially common to use these live wells in bass fishing tournaments to keep the fish biting at the lures. Schools of bass in deeper waters will tend to clump more tightly together. In shallower water, the school may be more spread out over a larger area. Similarly sized bass will tend to school together.

Bass love to congregate near cover and around structures and obstacles in the water. Bridge supports, large rocks, tires, bushes, and weeds all attract bass. These obstacles provide cover for these predatory fish to seek out their prey, as well as protecting them from larger animals that would like to prey on them. Bass are opportunistic feeders. They don?t tend to stay where they can?t find food, but they?ll eat almost anything moving. Crayfish, insects, smaller fish, lizards and frogs can all be part of the bass menu. They have even been known to eat small injured birds.

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