Fifteen of the 25 biggest largemouths of all time were caught in Lake Castaic and Lake Miramar in California, according to ''Quest for the World Record Bass,'' by Bart Crabb. None came from the Carolinas. Largemouths spawn in March and April in the Carolinas. Males build saucer-shaped nests in water 1 to 8 feet deep. Females lay 2,000 to 1million eggs.
Males guard the eggs until they hatch.
One fry in 6,000 grows to maturity. Lake Wylie is considered a more productive bass lake than Lake Norman. That's because more nutrients from runoff and sewage plants flow into Lake Wylie, providing food for tiny plants and animals. They're food for larger fish. The first bass boat was built in 1948 by what is now Skeeter Bass Boats in Kilgore, Texas.