Most anglers will see a lake's shoreline, but what I see is a littoral zone edge.  Edges are prime largemouth bass habitats, and they love them. The plant cover in the form of emergent and submergent vegetation offers prey and predator protection. The assortment of plant species provides largemouths with a sense of security and ambush areas they’ll use for feeding. And those habitat types will vary by lake. Good edges hold lots of prey species. The most common forage species are young of the year bluegill, yellow perch, bullheads, shiners, and even frogs. Some largemouths will be ambush hunters while others are forage chasers. Under emergent or submerged cover and in a variety of water clarities, largemouths use their senses of hearing, sight, vibration, and smell to attack and seize their prey. Sensory organs become more important in tannic waters and algae blooms. Under most circumstances, largemouths are apex predators within their habitat. As many prominent largemouth bass fisheries are commonly shallow and fertile, and lacking in deep topography, largemouths live and thrive in these lake locations unless conditions or seasons dictate otherw