Summer Home Range Movements and Habitat Use by Four Largemouth Bass in Mary Lake, Minnesota

Four largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) were radio-tracked in Mary Lake during the summer of 1970. Maximum home range size ranged from 0.3 to 1.4 hectares and primary or utilized ranges were about 0.4 to 0.35 hectare. Most bass locations were between shore and 3 m deep and home range shapes tended to be oblong. Bass made excursions of up to 7 days from their primary ranges and returned. A bass was transplanted to Mary Lake from Lake Itasca but did not establish a home range.