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Largemouth Bass Fishing Information
Fishing White Birch Haven
Common
Name: Largemouth Bass
Scientific Name: Micropterus salmoidesis
Family: Centrarchidae
Identification:
Back and head brown, or
yellow-brown, or olive to green;
sides lighter; belly light
yellow to white. Most scales on
sides with bronze reflections.
Vertical bars faint, 9-16
(generally more numerous and
prominent in young), not fused
into a lateral band. Usually 3
dark streaks on each side of
head, radiating back- ward from
snout and eye; dark spot
about size of pupil of eye. Eye
usually red or orange. Fins
lightly pigmented, caudal fin in
adults with darker edge; in
young, caudal fin strikingly
marked with yellow at base,
pronounced dark crescent band
through middle, and a whitish
edge.
Fishing Methods:
A 5'6" baitcast rod and reel w/10-12 pound test line - Lures: a 1/2
ounce white/chartreuse spinnerbait - topwater baits (Zara Spook,
Jitterbug, Pop-R, buzzbaits) worked near structure late April to
late September - Texas-rigged plastic worm - soft-bodied stick bait
(Sluggo, Bass-Assasin) - crayfish or shad colored crankbaits cast
along drop-offs Fishing Tip: Spinnerbaits in white or chartreuse are
easy to fish since all you have to do is cast it out and reel it in.
However, altering the retrieve (fast or slow, constant or jerky) and
paying constant attention to the lure will always bring more fish to
the boat or shore. When teamed up with a plastic or pork trailer,
spinnerbaits are one of the more effective offerings available.
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