Water temperature can provide useful information as the water begins to warm or cool. Largemouth bass begin to move to shallower water in preparation for the spawning season in the spring. They place themselves adjacent to shallower water and await for the spawning season. When bass begin to spawn as the water warms, they will remain in shallow nursery flats. As spring ends, largemouth bass begin to go into post-spawning and generally move back into deeper and colder water for the summer.
Habitat cover is the most important element to consider when bass fishing.
Bass love to stay where food and oxygen are abundant, and that is where cover creates the perfect habitat. One reason cover is so important, besides food and oxygen, is protection. Another reason a bass needs cover is because bass do not have eyelids. They will go blind if exposed too long to the sun's rays. Bass have an acute sense of site and feeling.