Understanding how Bass Mouth Feel Forage

Bass Mouth Feel is a contact sense in the bass’ mouth, in humans called mouthfeel, where the bass feels the texture of the potential forage (and tastes it) prior to a consumption decision and if it doesn’t feel like forage the bass spits the object out. 

Why is Understanding How Bass Mouth Feel Forage Important?

It is important to understand how bass mouth feel forage to:

  • Gain More Time to Identify Fish On: Select a lure that has the texture of a forage so the bass doesn’t spit out the lure based on unrecognized texture.
Understanding How Bass Mouth Feel Forage
  • Compliments Tasting: Some suggest that the process of tasting the potential forage includes feeling texture.  
Additional Considerations
  •  Mouthfeel: Mouthfeel is a word for how food feels in a human mouth.  The word has been used in the context of animals.
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Soft Plastics
Some suggest that soft plastics have a texture more consistent with forage. So any lure using soft plastics. 

Soft Plastic Trailers
Some suggest adding a soft plastic trailer to a skirted lure will provide the lure more texture resulting in the bass holding on to the lure longer.

Soft Bait Lures
Some suggest that soft plastics have a texture more consistent with forage.

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