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Largemouth bass spawn in late spring or early summer.

Diet:Īlthough they prefer to eat minnows and other fish, they will also prey on crayfish, amphibians and insects (both terrestrial and aquatic). Two dorsal fins with a deep notch between spinous and soft-rayed portions, body longer than deep, upper jaw extends beyond rear of eye, body usually light green with a dark green lateral streak. Review Fishing Guide for current rules and regulations » Largemouth Bass Identification: Many of the drowned river mouths along Lake Michigan, weedy backwaters of all the Great Lakes, and most southern inland lakes have good populations of both largemouths and smallmouths. Many of the lakes across the northern tier of the Lower Peninsula offer outstanding smallmouth fishing, as do many of the rivers of southern Michigan. The whole southeastern coast from Port Huron to Lake Erie is nationally known for its size and number of smallmouth bass.

Michigan's Great Lakes and connecting water have excellent smallmouth populations. Similarly, bass can be taken on all types of flies, with fly fishermen often using streamers that imitate minnows or crayfish to take them subsurface. Bass fishermen typically cast all manner of lures, from topwater plugs to bottom-bumpers (such as jigs or plastic worms) with diving plugs, swim baits, spoons or spinnerbaits used in between. They can be caught with a wide range of artificial lures, and can be taken on virtually any live bait. Perhaps America's top game fish, bass are known for their spirited fight making them one of the most enjoyable catches for any angler. After spawning, bass typically move out to deeper water, though there are almost always some bass, especially largemouths, in shallow water, usually associated with cover such as weed beds, fallen timber or boat docks. Fishing:īoth species move shallow in the spring to spawn and are easily located and enticed into biting before they go on the beds. Both, however, can be caught from the same bodies of water and often from the same general areas. Largemouths are more often associated with shallow, weedier bodies of water or reservoirs with standing timber, while smallmouths are more closely linked to rocky habitat and rivers. Michigan boasts good populations of both largemouth and smallmouth bass statewide, though as you travel northward, smallmouths are the dominant species.