Bass fishing is like any other sport, if you have the knowledge and the understanding of the opponent it allows you to be more successful. You can look at it like Turkey hunting, the more the hunter understands the trails, water areas, food areas and habits of the Turkey the easier it will be for the hunter to locate them. The same is true with Bass fishing, the more you understand the Bass, the circumstances and conditions you face the more successful you will be at catching them. Here are a few factors of a better understanding of the bass.
SURVIVAL: Largemouth bass need three elements to survive:
Food, Oxygen, and cover.
If any one of these elements is not present in a body of water a bass could not survive, just by knowing why these three elements are so important for a bass