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During the Spring season, bass are feeding heavily at nearly every depth and attack a variety of lures as the water warms. Moving lures such as crankbaits and spinnerbaits produce most of the time, but when the water temperature lingers below 60 degrees and during cold-front situations later in the spring, bass prefer slower presentations. While soft plastics or jigs …
Streams are usually flowing strong with higher water levels in the early spring due to melting snow and rain runoff so you can usually catch rainbow and brown trout on action lures such as Panther Martin’s, Blue Fox spinners, small jerkbaits and crankbaits, and spoons. I prefer throwing these lures on spinning tackle with 4-pound test low visibility green monofilament …
Walking around your local tackle shop, it’s an easy lesson to learn that bass love to eat craws, and so it stands to reason that’s why bass anglers love fishing craws. Look at how many baits are shaped or painted to resemble the little freshwater crustaceans. You don’t have to be a fisheries biologist to figure out what you should …
By John Neporadny Traditional lipless crankbaits were movers and shakers that produced a rattling invitation to bass but some newer versions now come knocking for bass. The addition of another sound for lipless crankbaits has increased the lure’s versatility. Once considered the top lure for ripping through vegetation in the spring, the lipless crankbait can be just as effective in many …
By John Neporadny Bass are on the go in the spring migrating from their wintertime haunts along a transition route to the shallows. The warming waters of spring speed up a bass’ metabolism so the fish have the energy to chase prey more often while also searching for areas to spawn. The warmer water also activates baitfish and crawfish making …
With Spring right around the corner, anglers everywhere are gearing up for the upcoming season. Trout bums, crappie fanatics, and bass maniacs all coming out of the woodwork, ready to scratch the itch of cabin fever and finally wet a line. Sure, fishing in the winter can be great, but most of the crowd is gearing up for Spring. These …
The Googan Squad Scout Jr. is one of the best-suspending jerkbaits for winter fishing. While the standard jerkbait size models crush fish, there are times when downsizing smaller jerkbaits get more bites. In those situations, there is nothing better than the Googan Sqaud Scout Jr. Going Small For Big Bites You might catch a lunker bass on the larger jerkbaits …
Early spring bass fishing can be a relatively easy time of the year to catch fish. They are typically shallow and oftentimes visible with the naked eye. These fish are hungry and ready to pounce after anything that crosses their path. However, if anglers do not remember these three tips, a spring day on the water may be less fruitful …
From my experience guiding this winter and into the pre-spawn bass fishing period on Sam Rayburn Reservoir, in East Texas, I was able to repeatedly observe the ways in which bass transitioned back and forth from deep water to key, shallower holding areas in preparation for the spawn. Locating and catching big bass as they transition back and forth follows …
