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Largemouth bass: twelve scenarios, run through the model
Ambush generalist. Wide tolerance, strong reaction strikes, forgiving of an unnatural action if the trigger is right.
- Optimum
- 27 °C
- Feeds between
- 7–34 °C
- Prey window
- 60–180 mm
- Wants wobble
- 4–9
- Reaction distance
- 2.2 m
- Aggression
- 0.85
- Scenarios
- 12
- Something eaten in
- 4 / 12
The scenario grid
Temperature bands sit on this species' own curve: cold is 13 °C, near optimum is 27 °C, too warm is 31 °C. Each cell links to the full ranking and names the top lure, or how far the best one got if nothing was eaten.
| Temperature | clear · neutral fish | clear · post-front | muddy · neutral fish | muddy · post-front |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold water13 °C | Wakebait2 of 11 eaten | Best: wakebaitrefused, nothing eaten | Best: wakebaitrefused, nothing eaten | Best: deep diverrefused, nothing eaten |
| Near optimum27 °C | Wakebait5 of 11 eaten | Best: wakebaitrefused, nothing eaten | Deep diver2 of 11 eaten | Best: deep diverrefused, nothing eaten |
| Too warm31 °C | Wakebait5 of 11 eaten | Best: wakebaitrefused, nothing eaten | Best: deep diverrefused, nothing eaten | Best: deep diverrefused, nothing eaten |
Which archetypes the model favours for largemouth bass
Across all twelve scenarios, these are the archetypes that got eaten at least once.
Wakebait
eaten in 4 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 3Deep-diving crankbait
eaten in 4 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 1Square-bill crankbait
eaten in 2 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 0Medium-diving crankbait
eaten in 2 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 0Big pike bait
eaten in 2 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 0Other species
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Species values are working assumptions, not calibrated field measurements. See where this model is wrong.