Winter
Food doesn't have as much to do with the location of bass this time of the year since they consume far less than normal and digestion also takes longer. Largemouth bass prefer to move to deeper water in the winter. Most bass will hold up around bluffs, channel ledges and bends. At times they can also be located on the deeper side of a main lake point. Many times bass will find an area with a little warmer water and that is where they will stay.

Early Spring
As the water warms and the days become longer the bass begin to move shallower. The bass will follow the bluffs, ditches, channels and other structures or cover leading to their spawning areas. Often times the bass will hold up near a breakline adjacent to the spawning flats and wait for the optimal spawning conditions.

Spring Spawn
I think most people agree that the magic number for spawning is about 65 degrees. However, not all bass will spawn at the same time. Some spawn a little sooner and others will wait a little longer. As the water warms the bass will move into shallow flats in coves and tributaries protected from a chilly north wind. Water clarity often dictates how deep bass will spawn. They will bed down in an area where sunlight penetration is deep enough to incubate the eggs. Bass like a hard bottom to spawn in, as opposed to mud or silt. If there is cover like a stump or large rock bass some prefer to nest next to some type of cover. If bottom conditions aren't what bass prefer they may adapt by spawning on top of the rock or stump.

Post Spawn
After spawning the females will pull back out to the deeper water. Many times they will follow the their paths that brought them in, back out. Often they will not make it all the wall back to the wintering grounds. If there is sufficient cover along their migration route they will most likely hold up there.

Summer
During the summer months bass will look for key structure like channel bends, rock piles, humps, saddles and points. They often look for cover like stumps, vegetation, docks and any other types of cover that may be available in these key area. Depending on weather and their mood, bass may move deeper or shallower in these same areas. Bass will move shallow at night to feed. Another thing to consider is the thermocline. In lakes with little or no flow their will often be a thermocline. Below the thermocline there will be little dissolved oxygen, which will often stack bass up in these key structure areas.

Fall
During the fall bass follow their forage more than during any other time of the year. This can make the bass more difficult to locate. Instead of key structural areas bass may be suspending offshore chasing schools of shad. Often small schools of bass may suspend off shore on long main lake points waiting for an opportunity to go on a feeding binge. Should a school of shad come near the bass will be ready to bust on them.