Bass, a freshwater fish, consist of perch looking fishes. The word bass came from the Middle English word “bars” or perch. Bass families include Serranidae or sea basses, Centrarchidae or sunfishes and moronidae or temperate basses. Bass belongs to the order Perciformes which also includes tilapia, tunas, and swordfishes. Bass represents an important game fish and food source for humans. In bass fishing, there are ways on how to catch one, when to catch one, what tools to bring, and what are the bass behaviors.
What is a bass habit?
A bass habit refers to the fish's behaviour on eating, moving and living. Their behavior depends upon the food source, geography, spawning stage and season. Bass go beyond their home base to seek food. Basses aged 10, 12 and 14 avoid predators such as larger
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By that time, female basses will encounter shads that move to shallow areas. This shad spawn serves as a food source for the basses. At this point, use a bass fishing bait that looks like shad’s color, shape, and size.
Summer
During this season, the water surface temperature may go up to 70F +. Largemouth basses, for instance, move off-shore to ambush schools of small fishes. They stay in deeper areas, deep grass lines, creek channels, and ledges. Bass do this to conserve their metabolic energy when the water temperature rises during summer time. During noon, basses rarely venture in shallow waters and they begin schooling only when feeding abruptly. After such feeding, basses return to their holding stations (a place where inactive fishes stay). For effective luring, use lures that can mimic shads’ color, shape, and size.
Winter
During this time, basses move slow and stay in ledges and river channels. As the season becomes colder, basses’ metabolism turns slow and so as their eating habits. This presents a good opportunity for fishing where it’s easier to catch a