Winter 2019
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…burn time in heavy current areas: In addition to those connecting sloughs, Reese said another good example is a channel bend. Here, he avoids the faster flows by targeting the more strategic section.
“The middle of that bend is going to have less current,” he said. “It’s also going to have a flat, whereas the ends of a channel swing are going to have more current on them. When the weather’s cold, you have to fish where they’re most comfortable.”
…work baits too fast: As Reese points out, you can select the right bait in the ideal color, but if it flies past a lethargic bass, that fish will be over it before it’s out of sight. Slow and deliberate; that’s the way of winter fishing.
“In the cold winter months, the fish don’t want to expend too much energy to get their meal and when they do, they want to make sure they get it,” he said.
Now, bringing all this together, Reese
recently showed me a sweet little winter
spot with all the key pieces. A neat little
pocket about the total size of a football
field sported a dense tule perimeter with
several spots of blown in hyacinth mats, a couple of boat docks in the back and a prominent grassy flat just prime for feeding runs standing just outside a long cast from a main channel. Current, cover, warmup zones, convenient feeding and fallback spots, all with quick access to deep water.
Where was this little gem? Sorry, I value my knee caps too much. •
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