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Smallmouth bass: twelve scenarios, run through the model
Sight-dominant in clear water. Will run a long way to a bait, and inspect it far more carefully than a largemouth.
- Optimum
- 21 °C
- Feeds between
- 5–29 °C
- Prey window
- 40–120 mm
- Wants wobble
- 3–7
- Reaction distance
- 3 m
- Aggression
- 0.8
- Scenarios
- 12
- Something eaten in
- 3 / 12
The scenario grid
Temperature bands sit on this species' own curve: cold is 10 °C, near optimum is 21 °C, too warm is 26 °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 water10 °C | Square-bill2 of 11 eaten | Best: square-billrefused, nothing eaten | Best: square-billrefused, nothing eaten | Best: square-billrefused, nothing eaten |
| Near optimum21 °C | Square-bill7 of 11 eaten | Best: square-billrefused, nothing eaten | Best: square-billrefused, nothing eaten | Best: square-billrefused, nothing eaten |
| Too warm26 °C | Square-bill2 of 11 eaten | Best: square-billrefused, nothing eaten | Best: square-billrefused, nothing eaten | Best: square-billrefused, nothing eaten |
Which archetypes the model favours for smallmouth bass
Across all twelve scenarios, these are the archetypes that got eaten at least once.
Square-bill crankbait
eaten in 3 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 3Medium-diving crankbait
eaten in 3 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 0Deep-diving crankbait
eaten in 1 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 0Flat-sided crankbait
eaten in 1 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 0Jerkbait (floating)
eaten in 1 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 0Wakebait
eaten in 1 of 12 scenarios · ranked first in 0Small trout minnow
eaten in 1 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.