Bits and pieces.

Growth
and energy storage commenced in both sexes
in early spring when water temperature rose
above 10 C and largemouth bass increased their
feeding rate.

When surface temperatures are
greater than 27 C (late July-mid-September),
largemouth bass seek their preferred temperature
of 25-27 C (Coutant 1975), which usually
is available in Watts Bar Reservoir during the
summer.

some
food consumption throughout the winter has
to be assumed at reservoir temperatures of 6-
10 C, even though the literature indicates that
largemouth bass generally do not feed at temperatures
below 10 C ...