The largemouth bass is the most sought-after game fish in North America. If you want fishing tips online, you'll find them for this fish more than any other, I'd wager.
Lots of different baits work for largemouth. Soft plastics of all descriptions, original Rapalas, spoons, bass jigs, inline spinners, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and other topwater baits.
Texas-rigged worms pulled slowly through the bottom in weedbeds is one of the more common methods used. Plastic crayfish on bass jigs in weed beds is another, or just jigging twister tails along the bottom.
My best luck has come on #5-9 Original Rapalas, but these are light and difficult to cast. Shad Raps of all sizes are said to work very well too.
Weedless spoons are generally the spoon mentioned in conjunction with bass. The great thing about these (and spinnerbaits and spinners) is you just cast and then crank them in fast. Not much technique involved, and so you find out within a couple of casts if either a) there are no fish there or b) they aren't biting that particular bait.
Topwaters are called for in specific conditions that I mentioned before: just after sunrise/just before sunset or on dull days, with a bit of chop to the water. The wind isn't as necessary if you're fishing moving water.
Since I haven't been terribly successful in finding largemouth myself, I'll keep this brief. Traditionally one of the best spots to try is in lily pads and other weeds. Under docks and other shaded spots are also good hiding places for bass. If fishing right in the cover doesn't work, try fishing the edge; sometimes big fish wait to ambush prey as it swims along these corridors, so bait put there often does very well.
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