| If you want to catch more and bigger largemouth | | | | head to shallow water areas. Bass can tell when a |
| bass you must know some basic information | | | | cold front is coming, they binge eat as much as |
| about their biology. Here you will learn everything | | | | possible before the cold front and then stop |
| about largemouth bass from how their | | | | eating altogether during the cold front. Oh, and if |
| metabolism works to if they posses colour vision. | | | | you do not know how a bass can tell what |
| This is extremely valuable information for a | | | | temperature the water is, it is proven that a |
| serious bass angler, or serious bass angler wanna | | | | largemouth bass can feel a change in temperature |
| be. | | | | of 1 tenth of a degree. |
| Metabolism: | | | | Senses of The Largemouth Bass: |
| Bass are cold blooded, meaning their metabolism | | | | Lateral Line: |
| is controlled by water temperature. When the | | | | The lateral line is made up of nerve endings on |
| water goes below, oh lets say around the 50 | | | | the side of the fish. The lateral line picks up |
| degree Fahrenheit mark, the bass' metabolism | | | | vibrations in the water. This is so sensitive it can |
| slows down making the fish not eat as much. | | | | tell what size, speed, shape, etc. of the prey or |
| When the water temperature goes above the 50 | | | | predator. |
| degree Fahrenheit mark bass get more and more | | | | Sight: |
| active due to their metabolism. The best possible | | | | Yes, largemouth do posses colour vision. The bass |
| water temperature bass can stay in is around | | | | relies mostly on colours in clear or other high |
| 68-78 degrees Fahrenheit (20-25 degrees Celsius). | | | | visibility water. In muddy water bass do not use |
| Any temperature above 80 degrees Fahrenheit | | | | this sense as much as their lateral line or smell. |
| causes low dissolved oxygen levels and makes | | | | Fish see in 2 dimensions to the side of their body. |
| the largemouth bass hard to breathe. Another | | | | Bass can see in 3 dimensions from about 5 inches |
| good temperature for bass is when it is steady | | | | from their snout and out to, depending on water |
| and there are no sudden changes. Bass in | | | | clarity, 100 feet to 5 feet. |
| northern climates live longer but do not grow big. | | | | Hearing: |
| In southern climates bass live shorter, but grow | | | | Sound travels through water much better than air. |
| larger. | | | | But, bass have ears inside their skull instead of |
| Other Temperature Facts: | | | | outside. Bass do, however, have a keen sense of |
| When the water temperature turns to about | | | | hearing. |
| 62-68 degrees Fahrenheit (16-20 degrees C) | | | | Smell: |
| largemouth bass begin to spawn. Largemouth | | | | Bass use smell to detect prey or predators. Their |
| bass make beds on the bottom of the water in | | | | smell is very sensitive and if they smell a predator |
| shallow areas of the water body. A good rule of | | | | nearby they will swim away from the area. And, |
| thumb is for the deeper the bed, the bigger the | | | | therefore, if they smell prey they will go in search |
| fish. But in some places fishing for bass while they | | | | of it and eat it. |
| are spawning is illegal. Shortly after spawning they | | | | |