How to find bass Finding the structure in which bass swim is important to anglers, since if anglers cannot find the structure, rarely do they catch bass. The structure in anglers’ terms is the changes that occur at the bottom of the lake. The changes comprise points, material, (Reef, etc) and depth. Bass Structure Bass tend to gravitate in sunken land areas, gravel reef, rock reef, breaks in shorelines, and creek channels. In addition, bass swim in shallow flats, ridges, saddles, bends, deep holes, cliff walls, etc. Largemouth bass tend to gravitate toward areas in which they recognize familiar structure. Bass will gravitate in shallow and deep waters depending on weather condition. Many anglers will use depth finders, or contour maps to spot bass structure since bass will also swim around weeds, timber, brush, ripraps, shelters, etc. » Read more after the jump →
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Along with the great surge interest of the people with bass fishing in the entire state, comes another kind of freshwater fishing which needs vigorous physical strength, open yourself to the interesting world of peacock bass fishing.
A peacock bass is actually from the cichlids family of fish not from the bass family, though it resembles that of a largemouth bass. It would normally have waylaid attacks to a piteous and unwary victim from a knothole and show his insatiable desire for food. It would just take hold of a very puny prey from afar and would eat it voraciously as if it hadn’t taken any food for years.
On the other hand, unlike its North American counterpart, the peacock bass is a lot more eye-appealing and vibrantly decorated with the various shades of green, blue, orange and gold. But we should not be taken in to these dazzling façade because, as a matter of fact, they are far more aggressive than the largemouths that they can even shatter the rods or destroy the tackle that would already be enough to restrain the toughest of the largemouth.
One more difference which can be observed is that the largest among largemouth are always the female while in peacock bass, either the male or the female can grow to a large portion.
The peacock bass, which is known as pavon in Venezuela and Columbia and tucunare in Brazil and Peru, is generally categorized into four distinct species: (a) the speckled peacock, (b) the peacock pavon or tucunare, (c) the butterfly peacock, and (d) the royal peacock, but fish biologists still suggest that various other types may actually be present to the whole of South America
It may have acquired its name from the fact that the spot—a black circular “eye spot” which is notably rimmed in gold–on the base of the caudal fin which bears a close resemblance to the tail plume of a peacock fowl.
