Smallmouth Bass
The smallmouth bass though not as well known as the largemouth bass, are a very active strong fish. It's hard to catch smallmouths because they are very intelligent. They can tell a plastic worm from a real one. The easiest way to catch a smallmouth bass is with a live minnow.
Smallmouth bass usually live in lakes with rocky bottoms and clear water. When they are small, smallmouths live in shallow water by themselves eating small insects. When they become larger, they move to areas with large schools of minnows to feed on. Bass are most active on overcast days when the water is not too warm.
Smallmouth bass hunt mainly by eyesight therefore they usually feed before dusk. The best times to fish for smallmouth are early morning and right before sunset. Smallmouths feed on chub and shiner minnows mainly because these fish have no spikes on their fins. Smallmouth bass love eating crayfish also. When smallmouths get really hungry they will eat perch, sunfish, may flies, frogs, and even eachother!
This subject is interesting because it's fun to fish for smallmouths and they are very interesting fish. With this information, I hope you will have better fishing strategies.
By: Matthew Kudo