The Best Time to Fish for Bass Broken Down by Season
Shallow, stained lakes will warm the fastest, and bass in these waters will move shallow earlier than those in deeper, clear lakes. What makes largemouth bass fishing so challenging is the fact that these fish are constantly on the move. When water temperatures get to the high 40s focus your efforts at the mouths of inflowing creeks and rivers on the north ends of the water body. Blues can be caught on both live and dead natural baits as well as artifical baits like lipped crankbaits. Cut shad on a circle hook fished either off the bottom or below a float around creek channel ledges and dam rip rap is an effective way to catch lots of blues. During the late afternoon, low light returns to create another optimal feeding time for the bass.
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Hey, so much of the information here will definitely apply in Northern California. But, everywhere that lacks a big change of season won’t have to worry as much about the slowing down of bass activity. In Pennsylvania and other states in the North, bass feeding slows when it cools down. You won’t experience that as much other than the sudden cold snaps you might get. The bass scatter on the lake, mixing between deep and shallow water, but tend to stay deep on hotter, sunnier days. Walleye and saugeye like long, slender lipped crankbaits, white, chartreuse or naturally colored grubs, white, chartreuse or naturally colored swimbaits, and an array of live bait .
A popular trick is to place your bait in the middle of a nest and disturb/cause a reaction from the female bass. If females leave the nest look to find them in deeper water hiding. An early-fall nighttime largemouth.As the water gets colder, bass will start ganging up on steep slopes; you can leave flat shorelines alone once the water is in the 40s and 50s.
Some anglers maintain that the moon cycle is almost as important as water temperature when you’re going after some giant bass pre-spawn. These are the best times to fish during different seasons in the year, Spring, Summer and Fall. One important fishing tip is to avoid fishing in extreme temperatures too cold or too hot. The weather isn’t the only thing that changes when spring arrives — waters also vary as well. It’s why we suggest fishing where there’s a current change or where there’s good water clarity in the early parts of the season.
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While spawning habits and feeding mechanisms are similar, each species varies in what they eat and how you catch them. Catfish are also much more active in the lowlight and overnight hours, but can be caught at any time of day. In clearer water, sunfish spawning beds are easily identifiable. The spawning beds look like a dinner plate-sized shallow crater with a small cirle of gravel, or other hard debris, in the middle of the crater and are grouped together sometimes in the hundreds.
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