are now populated with, are most susceptible to temperature drops. temperature drops will shut down a Florida strain bass, faster than you would drop a scalding skillet. it is a known fact, when the temperatures outside drop drastically, that shallow zone from 0-6 feet drops as well, much faster than the affect they will experience at 10- 25 feet. Hence, why they reside there most of their lives. Shallow fishing is wonderful when it’s
on, when it’s not, do yerself a favor and
go deeper, because the bass
already have.
The best bite is early and late.
if this was true,
we’d only have
night tournaments. Marina operators would make a fortune with double launching fees, and we’d feel good about that in the on water gas and tackle savings. The early and late bite are sparked due to low light penetration periods. a bass, has very large and exposed eyes that reside on the top of his head, he’s really not so fond of bright lights.
What many of us miss in this situation, is taking advantage of what the bass are telling us when in fact the bite is good early and late, and slow throughout the day. This is when you need to focus on finding the shade pockets, big or small. it really narrows down your target zone, versus fishing out in open, light exposed areas. i have learned over the years, most of my best fishing, year round, occurs between
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