Unfortunately, in my life, I haven't had yet the chance to fish waters outside of my native Italy. In my previous article, Italian Bass , you have surely noted how much alike fishing is for this little green game fish around the world and how much alike we are in pursuit of our passion. But there are always some differences, big or little, in the way we approach our fishing for largemouth and there are many things we can learn from each other. For me, sharing our experience is the fastest and easy way to learn more about the sport. So, I'm here to tell you more about similarities and differences that I've encountered between what I've read in US magazines and what I've learned in years of bass fishing in Italian waters.
Cold fronts slow down the fish metabolism in Japan as well as in Italy.
On hot sunny days, fish seems to bury in vegetation or in any piece of cover available in South Africa as well as in Spain. The examples I give you could be infinite but, in the end, the conclusion is that the bass around the world react in the same way to events like fishing pressure, high water, cold fronts etc. In Italy big mouths reach the ten-pound range only with great difficulty. This is due to the fact that the majority of bass population is represented by Northern strain, along with some spotted and redeye bass. The Florida strain, the kind of bass stocked in the western lakes and impoundments in US, are not stocked in Italy.