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Bass Fishing Overview
The state of
West Virginia offers almost limitless bass fishing opportunities.
The King &
Rooster try as much as we can
(although never enough) to take advantage of some of those opportunities
every spring and summer. Primarily, we hit the rivers and
streams to wade or canoe after smallmouth. While we
occasionally will hit an impoundment for some largemouth, smallies
are our bass of choice. In the areas where we are able to
wade, we consider a smallmouth of 12 - 15 inches to be of a decent
size, and most of the following pictures are of bass in that
range.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/kng_bass1.jpg)
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The King
with a nice smallmouth taken along the bank. This smallie
hit a hellgrammite.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/roos_bass1.jpg)
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The Rooster
with a about a 13" smallmouth taken along the bank in one of
our favorite holes.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/kng_bass2.jpg)
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The King
in a famous K&R shot that shows some of the shoals that are
favorite hang-outs for smallmouth. The King
caught this on a black and chartreuse grub.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/roos_bass3.jpg)
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The Rooster
with a decent smallmouth taken in high, murky water. Some of
our best fishing days have occurred on days when the water was
high and a cloudy.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/kng_bass3.jpg)
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The King
with a big shallow water bass. On most days, we will catch
rock bass at about a 10 to 1 ratio over smallmouth bass.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/roos_bass2.jpg)
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The Rooster
with a decent bass taken after some clouds moved in. Quick
changes in weather can result in quick changes in bass
behavior.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/bass1.jpg)
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A
close-up shot of a typical smallmouth taken where we bass
fish. The state offers much bigger bass but we don't quite
have the gear to get at them.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/kng_bass4.jpg)
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Good shot
of the King with a WV smallmouth.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/bass2.jpg)
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Another
close-up of a little bigger WV smallmouth.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/roos_bass5.jpg)
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The
Rooster with a smallie on a sunny day. Notice he is wearing
the coldwater neoprenes. Sometimes in the spring the water
can still be a little cold.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/kng_bass5.jpg)
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A shot of the King
with a dark colored smallmouth taken near some shoals.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/roos_bass4.jpg)
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The Rooster
with one of the nicest basses we have taken in small water.
The brute was around 15" and taken right under an island
ledge with a grub.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/k&r_bass1.jpg)
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A rare
shot of the K&R in the same frame with a double-shot of
bass.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/eric_gb_6.04.JPG)
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The King
with a good bass taken on a pumpkin-seed grub on a hot 2004 July
day.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/roos_bass6.jpg)
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The Rooster
with about an average sized smallmouth taken on a day when the
water was very low.
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![](../pictures/fish_pics/bass/kng_bass6.jpg)
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The King
with 13" smallmouth (a GB hog) taken on a hot and humid June
2005 day.
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