To catch largemouth bass effectively, use these key techniques:
- Fish early morning or late afternoon when they are more active.
- Use Texas rigged soft plastic worms, lizards, crayfish, or creature baits as they are easy to master and effective in many waters.
- Cast in and around cover such as grass, wood, docks, lily pads, submerged vegetation, fallen trees, and docks—areas bass use for ambush.
- Utilize lures like spinnerbaits, topwater lures (whopper ploppers, frogs, poppers), crankbaits, and jig+soft plastic combos depending on water depth and clarity.
- Target shallow waters in spring, fall, and summer for largemouth bass, and deeper waters in winter.
- Use techniques like skipping lures under docks and pitching into heavy cover.
- Keep hooks sharp and consider using corks or split shots to control bait depth.
Largemouth bass like bigger baits such as live minnows, soft plastics, crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures. They tend to stay in shallower water than smallmouth bass, especially near structures like weed beds or fallen trees.
