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Normally once the water temperature warms to the 60’s, largemouth bass start to spawn. This depends on where you live in the country. In the southern states like Florida, the water temperature rises to the 60’s in the winter. In other states the water temperature does not get to the 60’s until mid-spring. The tactics I am going to discuss with you in this article will explain how to catch these large mouth bass during the spawning season, no matter where you go.
When the water temperature starts to warm the male bass are the first to enter into the spawning areas of the lake. Then they will begin to sweep the bottom of the area they are in with their tails, in order to make a clearing for the females to lay their eggs. These clearings are called beds. After the males have made the beds, the females come in to lay their eggs.
During this time the females and the males become very aggressive and territorial. Anything that comes near their bed they will strike. Naturally the bass’s instincts are to protect their eggs. During this time the female bass do not eat. I know this sounds strange because, the bass will strike bait. The thing that really happens is, the bass will inhale the bait and swim with it a few feet away from the bed. Then the bass will spit the bait out. The bass do this just to move what ever was invading the bed away from it.
Large mouth bass don’t usually like to spawn in the open because; when the baby bass (fry) hatch they want to make sure that the fry have somewhere to hide from predators. After the fry hatch the females will back into deep water. The male Bass will stay shallow and protect the fry until they get to a certain length.
During this period of time the fishing starts to slow down a little more than the beginning of the spawn. The bass can still be caught with a variety of lures.
Thank you for visiting the BassFishing4Kids web page. Hopefully by reading this article, you understand more about bass spawning. I hope this information will help you become a better angler.
