In this posting we will speak about the three great methods for catching largemouth bass in Florida. And this is the most-attentive and concise resource you'll ever need for catching springtime largemouth bass in the southeast quadrant of North America. While everyone knows that Florida is the capital of largemouth bass fishing in the world, the peripheral states such as Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, all offer great largemouth bass fishing. What's special about this review is that the experience and the time that went in to creating this accumulation of three great methods for bedding bass is fantastic and easy to complete. Let's start by analyzing a lake in North Florida.
• Upon arriving at the lake immediately look for sandy, cleared-out areas 1 to 3 feet off the shoreline. This is where largemouth bass males use their tails and their mouths to clear out a rather pristine 6 x 12" area in which a female bass will deposit her bounty. The eggs will then be aptly fertilized by the 'constructing' male bass. A great method for catching the male bass and get him away temporarily is to use a light broken back Rapala with no weight, tossed 10 to 15 feet beyond the bed and retrieved slowly towards the bed. 99% of the time if all the environmental factors are correct and your presence has not spooked the male bass, a strike will be forthcoming. After a very short fight the male bass, which are normally one-third the size of the larger females, can be release slowly back into the water and then the time can be to concentrate on the larger female. Since we are never, with real- certainty, know if the female is in the bed, nonetheless you can always catch a male and have a good day right there!
• The second method for catching largemouth bass while in the bedding phase of the spring time beauty is to use live bait. Most north Florida and southeastern bodies of water that are fresh house a baitfish known as Florida wild shiners. In addition to this fantastic prey item for the largemouth bass there loads of smaller baitfish that the largemouth bass will not turn his jaws up to. If the body of water happens to be brackish and the St. John's River is brackish and Florida holds about 5 million largemouth bass, then finger mullet will be a great choice for live bait. An important point to remember when fishing on beds for springtime bass is to forget about using any kind of weight unless they are bullets or split-shots. The 8 ounce lead weight is all that will be needed and will keep the live bait from swimming off the bed. There is a debate going on right now as we speak about placing live bait inside the bed as this not only disturbs the bed but also has proven to be too much activity for both the male and female bass. Regardless of what location is selected when you toss out your live bait finger mullet or wild shiner or even a small bream, make sure that it is close onto the bed where both male and female bass take notice and take action.
• Finally a great method for catching largemouth bass while they're on the bed in the springtime in the State of Florida is to use a rubber worm. Motor oil or chartreuse colored rubber worms work great as the largemouth bass, despise any intrusion into their bed and a worm that could feed on the unhatched baby bass will not be tolerated. Another great thing about using artificial lures especially rubber worms is that a largemouth bass, will eagerly inhale the invader even when not hungry! The bass just want the intruder out of the bedding area.
