A
fter searching and scouring the lake
or river, you have finally located a nice
group of big springtime bass. You go back
the next day or even later that day and you guessed it – just like that, they are gone! That is
the frustrating thing about spring bass fishing, the
fish can be gone just as quickly as you found them.
The reason that this occurs is based off of several
items, but predominately it revolves around the bass’
spawning schedule. If the fish you found were in a
pre-spawn location in the morning or on one day and
the weather that afternoon or overnight warmed the
water temperature up enough to push those bass to
the bank to begin their spawn, they will make a break
for it and get to the bank to do their thing.
Think about a group of bass stacked up on a main
lake point to a bay or cove on the lake. These bass are
staging up to spawn. Once the water
temperature
A ½ oz black/blue jig is a tried and true lure for when bass get tight lipped in the spring!
warms enough, those bass will vacate the point and move into that bay and to the shoreline to begin making their beds.
When this situation happens, these bass will follow a break or inside weedline from that point into the bay. The fish may be gone, but you can follow where they are going.
MY STRATEGY
A great tactic to locate and catch these bass is to cover as much water as possible, using a reaction bait. This will eliminate the unproductive water in a short amount of time and the lure can trigger a reaction strike.
To cover water quickly, I run my Minn Kota Fortrex on 70 or 80 and cruise the shoreline from the point into the bay casting a lipless crankbait like a Rat-L- Trap or Strike King Red Eye Shad.
If there is some grass starting to emerge,
I make sure the lure
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