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Spring 2024
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very spring, fishermen around the country are
faced with an influx of water from the past
winter’s snow and spring runoff. The ability for a bass fisherman to locate and coax bass into biting when
the water levels rise and then fall can be a difficult one. To
have a successful day of fishing during the spring on a river
system, anglers need to be able to identify the locations
that bass will use when the water levels are on the rise, and
then again when the water levels fall.
FISHING RIVER’S WHEN IT’S ON THE RISE…
When the water levels on a river system are on the rise and it starts to climb out of its banks, many challenges exist that an angler will have to overcome to put together a successful pattern to catch bass. The first thing to understand is that a bass will relate to the rising water in two ways. They will either find a bank that is steep and just simply stay in front of that bank and move up in the water column as the water levels continue to climb. The
other way bass will relate to the rising water is they will move with the water as it rises and continue to progress farther away from the original bank.
There are advantages to finding bass relating to the rising water in both ways. Bass that are constantly moving with the water will likely be holding in shallower water, which will warm quicker in the springtime. The key here is to find water that has better clarity to it. The worst condition that an angler will face in the springtime is high, cold, muddy water.
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