Bass Fishing Spring Tips?
August 11, 2009
What bait should you use.
What part of the lake should you be fishing.
I need to know all kinds of things about spring bass fishing.
PLEASE HELP
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as water warms,bass will move into shallow water to prepare for spawning,fanning out nests with their tails,they will appear as bowl shaped cleaned areas in the shallow water,when this happens depends where you are in the country,south will happen somewhat sooner,north…later on like may or june.A jig and pig configuration is effective hopping it on the bottom now,so work it slow out into the deep water and moving it towards shore structures like submerged points and dropoffs where they ambush bait.
Painfully slow retrival.
fish in coves as bass will be spawning in them. fish with baits that will aggravate bass. they will not feed much during there spawning time. the best bait for this would be a 7" hogy soft plastics. bass hate eels and will always get them when they get close to there eggs
jigs or soft plastics on the beds fished realllly slow. Or since the bass will be shallow you could try a topwater approach
Spring for us down here starts around the end of Feb…when the water temps get in the mid 50’s, the "Bucks", or male bass if you prefer, will move to the shallow spawning flats to start making beds…at this time the big "Sows", female bass, will move up to usually the first drop outside the spawning flats or to points going into the flats…this is the best time to try to catch them before the spawn because they will be feeding up…after the water temps hit the 60’s and around the first full moon, they will spawn…the sows will leave the bucks to guard the bed…(big fish usually spawn first)…so when you find a bass "locked on a bed" it is usually a buck, especially since bucks do not get above 5lbs…what we usually do is catch the buck off the bed, put him in the live well, leave and come back a few hours later, and 9 times out of 10, the sow will be guarding the bed…the sow will spawn with several males and she checks the beds to make sure he is still there…if he is not, she will guard it…a good rule of thumb to catch the largest bass possible is a big female will spawn with big males…that means a 10lb female will not spawn with a 12in buck…so when you find a bed, if he is big…his sow is even bigger…during the time they are on bed, it really doesn’t matter what color you use…I usually use a 6in Zoom Lizard…because lizards are "nest robbers" and they will get it out of their bed…color depends on water clarity…some people use white because it is easier to see in the water…to catch a "locked on" bass can be very time consuming…you have to make repeated casts into it’s bed until it gets pissed off and eats the bait…to begin with they usually just pick it up an move it just outside the bed…and bass have no hands so you have to watch your line and bait to know when to set the hook…but I have seen them "blow" the bait out of the bed by sucking in water and blowing it out…and I had a big female "sweep" the bait out of the bed with her tail…all this information I have given you is on "Sight Fishing"…but if there is one bed in the area there will be many more that are unseen or deeper…so fan cast the areas while searching…my largest Largemouth to date is a 12lb 1oz female I caught in early May in Augusta, GA…never saw her…but I made several casts to a spot on the bank and finally I guess she got tired of it and ate it…I do not have the patience to sight fish a bass for hours…so I usually don’t do it…to recap…prespawn fish the first drops (or points) and spawing flats…spawn, do what I mentioned above…post spawn they move back out to the drops and points…and sometimes scatter…hope this helps…
shallow.
plastic worm, slow retrieve.
northern shorelines face the sun more and warm sooner. fish these areas first.
match your plastic worm color to crayfish and bluegill, other sunfish.
top water,spinner baits or rattle traps these lures aggravate the bass.Fish parallel with the banks,as they will be protecting their eggs in shallow water.Use a C selector (PH gauge) to determine the best color.
FISH THE NORTHWEST SHORE AS THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PART OF LAKE TO WARM