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[url "javascript: addTag('cool')"][cool][/url][#0000ff]As a rule, largemouths are not nearly as subject to the thermocline situation as trout and kokanee. They are comfortable in warmer water and are likely to hang out in depths well above the thermocline. But, they do have their comfort zones, and will tend to remain at the level where the temps are most to their liking. Typically that will be somewhere between 65 and 75 degrees, although they will forage in water both above and below that range, if that is where the groceries be.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The concept is the same. If you can find suspended bass, at a certain level, finding shoreline structure at the same depth is a good place to start working on a pattern.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That same technique is used by savvy crappie fishermen too. In most cases, when you find crappies suspended over open water, they will not be actively feeding. But, if you note the depth, you can move toward shore and find some treetops at the same depth with crappies on them, and you will often find feeding fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]All of this goes back to the reasons we buy sonars. Even if it does not work to get the fish to open their mouths, it still lets us know where they are hanging out, and at what depth. After that, it is up to us to work out the details. Finding fish is only part of the equation.[/#0000ff]
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