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                                             Largemouth Bass Feeding Habits.

The newly hatched largemouth bass feeds heavily on tiny crustaceans and other zooplankton until the bass reach 2 inches in length. Then their appetite changes to insects and smaller fish. The adult bass's diet consists mainly of fish, but crabs, worms, frogs, insects, rodents and even small birds are  important foods in some waters.
  



The bass ranks very highly in the aquatic food chain. A bass 10 inches  or longer has very few enemies and will eat almost anything it can swallow. Because of the bass's large mouth and flexible stomach it can eat prey nearly half its own length.
They usually grab large prey, then turn the food to swallow it headfirst. If you’re using small lures you need to set the hook immediately upon the strike, since the bass inhales its smaller food by opening its mouth quickly, sucking water (and the bait) into its mouth. It then expels the water through its gills and at the same instant decides whether it will swallow or expel the food. They can expel the bait just as fast as they inhaled it.
As the water temperature warms up, the metabolism of the bass increases and they feed more often. They seldom eat at water temperatures below 10‘c. From 10’c - 20’c , their feeding increases and from 20’c - 26’c  they feed heavily. But when the water temperature rises above 26’c their feeding declines.