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