Although remarkable, these catches are not the only times that these three anglers have encountered huge bass. In fact, each has been doing it regularly for years as a professional fishing guide. In their years of pursuing big fish, Siemantel, Perkins, and Stevenson have each recognized that the majority of trophy bass exhibit certain behavior characteristics that set them apart from smaller fish. Once an angler knows these characteristics, the task of catching a big one becomes much easier. Here are some of their winning tactics.
Every lake has several key locations where big bass are caught more frequently than anywhere else.
They can be places as simple as main-lake points, flats edged by a channel, or specific underwater ridges. I have fished for and caught big bass all over the United States, and each lake always has several places like this. Normally, they're fairly well known, too. The California guide personally likes to use lures that he feels bass can see and hear. These are big, hard-plastic lures that resemble shad or some other bass forage, and once he makes a cast, Siemantel cranks them back fairly steadily.