| One of the most popular type of fish to | | | | |
| attempt top catch in the entire United States | | | | Fishing for bass can be a very expensive |
| is the Bass. There are four main species of | | | | proposition, although it surely doesn't have |
| Bass in this country: Largemouth Bass, | | | | to be. There are literally tens of thousands |
| Smallmouth Bass, Kentucky Bass, Guadeloupe | | | | of techniques, lures, gimmicks, and plastic |
| Bass, and Peacock Bass. In this article, the | | | | contraptions used in bass fishing. The |
| Smallmouth & Largemouth Bass are going to be | | | | options can become quite daunting. At the |
| focused on simply because they are by far the | | | | end of the day all a person needs to catch a |
| most popular. Bass fishing has evolved into | | | | bass is a live worm and a set of gang hooks, |
| a multi-billion dollar industry from it's | | | | but with bass fishing, you can get as |
| humble beginnings in the late 1800s. The | | | | technical as you would like. As a matter of |
| black bass has become the second most | | | | fact, one of the best ways to catch |
| specifically sought-after game fish in the | | | | smallmouth bass is a live worm rigged on a |
| United States. The sport has driven the | | | | set of gang hooks. Then simply fish that |
| development of all manner of fishing gear, | | | | worm through the current of a river, letting |
| including rods, reels, lines, lures, | | | | it bounce along the bottom. |
| electronic depth and fish-finding | | | | |
| instruments, drift boats, float tubes, and | | | | Some of the most popular bass fishing |
| specialized bass boats. The black bass, also | | | | techniques are: fishing plastic worms, |
| known as Largemouth Bass, has even spawned | | | | spinner baits, crank baits, large jigs, and |
| many groups of people who earn their living | | | | even live bait. There are literally too many |
| fishing for them. | | | | techniques to list here, but the ones listed |
| | | | are the most popular. The bottom line is |
| Largemouth Bass are found mostly in lakes and | | | | that bass fishing is more or less the grand |
| large rivers. While the same is true for | | | | daddy of fishing. Because of tournaments and |
| Smallmouth Bass, smallmouth bass are also | | | | organizations like B.A.S.S (which stands for: |
| found it fast flowing rivers and streams. As | | | | Bass Anglers Sportsman Society) the activity |
| a matter of fact in many areas of the | | | | of bass fishing has become incredibly |
| country, smallmouth bass can be found in the | | | | popular, and doesn't look to be slowing down |
| same waters that trout swim in. Smallmouth | | | | anytime soon. Honestly, when you think about |
| can be fished for in the same manner as one | | | | it, how else could someone be convinced to |
| does for trout as well. Largemouth bass tend | | | | spend $25,000 on a boat that mainly gets used |
| to shy away from the types of currents and | | | | on weekends only? Because what they are |
| small rivers that trout are found in. Bass | | | | using that boat for is so much freakin' |
| fishing is an incredibly popular pastime, and | | | | fun...Bass Fishing. Most Bass anglers would |
| in some cases an incredibly lucrative | | | | have a hard time arguing with this fact. |
| business. | | | | |