Diving with Bass
The Most Popular Freshwater Game Fish
The bass is a perch-like fish encompassing many different species, both marine and freshwater. He can be found in lakes, streams and rivers all around the world, are one of the most popular game fish, and a favorite catch for fishermen. The largemouth bass is probably the most well-known and includes big mouth, black, largies, bucketmouth, wide mouth, and green bass, just to name a few.
Diving with freshwater bass is always fun as they can grow to be quite large and prefer warmer, shallow, clear water - easy to find. They, especially the largemouth, are native to eastern and central United States and northern Mexico, but have been widely introduced as a sport fish all over the world, making them easy to dive with in lakes and rivers around the globe. If you want to go diving with them, check out the map below and explore the most popular dive sites where they have been seen.
Dive Sites with this Animal View more on map
★★★★☆ Centeen Park
A popular dive site for all levels of divers, you can see the underwater sculpture placed here with six standing human figures looking up, surrounded at an 18-foot radius by benches at each cardinal point. Two sturgeons point north at 35 feet out, a tribute to a species that was once plentiful in the river.
★★★★☆ Hilterfingen Hotel Bellevue
Shallow water dive site with easy access via the ramp. At the entrance a lot of sea grass, which provides for a fish variety. Various objects in the upper area (max. 20m).
★★★★☆ Steinbruch Horka
The quarry’s main building has a toilet, shower, changing rooms, and a hotel nearby. It is possible to put up a tent for camping. A steep descent down the metal stairs leads to the water with one entrance and one exit. At the stairs, it is possible to descend to 5m at buoy no. 1.
★★★☆☆ Waldsee
The entrance is on the camping site "Am Waldsee". The entrance is at a small sandy beach. From 7 m depth you will find gravel walls.
★★★★☆ Hunsfels
Where lime was mined 6 years ago, today a dreamlike lake stretches out. On an area of about five hectares and with depths of up to 54 meters, it currently offers five dive sites everything that makes the diver's heart beat faster. With fantastic visibility, mostly over 10 meters.
★★★★★ Zimnik Kamieniołom
The quarry is located on private property with a street-side entrance from the dive shop. There is not much space to park by the boulders. Often, you may have to park at least two buildings away.