Welcome to Apex Fishing Tips, this section of our website is dedicated to bass fishing. On this web page you'll learn about bass (specifically black bass species) and bass fishing. It doesn't matter if you have years of fishing experience or have only been fishing a couple of times, our bass fishing tips and tricks will help you catch bigger bass, more often.
Below you'll find 10 bass fishing tips that you can use to improve your chances of catching different species of black bass, specifically largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and spotted bass. Our bass fishing tips are perfect for both novice and expert anglers. If you have any tips on how to bass and would like to see them listed below, please contact us and share them.
Along with the 10 bass fishing tips we're going to teach you about largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and spotted bass. We also provide you with the most current up to date world fishing records for bass. If that's not enough, we also provide additional resources on bass fishing and some awesome pictures of anglers who caught some nice bass.
Arguably the most popular game fish among anglers are members of the black bass (Micropterus) family. There are 14 species of black bass and the three most popular species sought out by anglers are the largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), the smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) and the spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus).
Largemouth bass typically are an olive-green and gray color, with a dark horizontal stripe of jagged blotches. Female largemouth bass are bigger than males. Largemouth bass typically feed on bait fish, insects and crustaceans. largemouth bass eat prey that can exceed 50% of their own body weight. Trophy largemouth bass have been observed eating small water birds and baby alligators.
Smallmouth bass are typically brown, with reddish brown eyes and dark vertical blotches on its sides. Female smallmouth bass are larger than males. Smallmouth bass will normally feed on smaller fish, insects, and small crustaceans. There are two recognized subspecies of smallmouth bass and they are Neosho smallmouth bass (M. dolomieui velox) and the Northern smallmouth bass (M. dolomieui dolomieui).
Spotted bass look just like largemouth bass and anglers commonly confuse them with largemouth bass. You can tell the difference between a spotted bass and a largemouth bass by the size of its mouth. The jaw of a spotted bass doesn't extend past its eyes. Spotted bass typically prey on bait, crustaceans and aquatic insects.
The below International Game Fish Association (IGFA) bass world fishing records are up to date as of 2021.
A picture of a largemouth bass (M. salmoides) caught on a fishing trip.
(Credit: Michael Whitacre / Flickr)
A picture of a smallmouth bass (M. dolomieu) caught on a fishing trip.
(Credit: Mike Vanepps / Flickr)
A picture of a guadalupe bass (M. treculii) caught on a fishing trip.
(Credit: B.J. Taylor / Flickr)