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Though some bass always remain close to shore, many bass have start to drift off to deeper creek edges, points and holes once the spawn passes.
One thing to always remember, however, deeper fish will move shallower during the evening, night and early morning periods before drifting back in deeper water during the heat of the day …
A few tips to to help enhance bass fishing success during the summer:
Okay so I am not that great a poet 🙂
For many folks across the country, this summer is starting out just like the winter did… Warmer than normal!
Here in the Midwest, we’re looking a one of our first strings of 90+ temps and it’s only mid-June (I wonder what August will be like!)…
As the air and water temps continue to rise, many bass move offshore to humps, bars and ledges.
Learning how to successfully fish these offshore structures will often mean between a day where you’re catching bass or only a sunburn…
Ever get caught out on the water, reach into your tackle box for a trailer hook but can’t find the hook keepers? I know I have! A quick and easy solution for those times when you want to add a trailer hook to a spinnerbait or buzzbait but can’t find the keepers is described in the…
Ask 10 bass fisherman how they feel about the use of trailers on spinnerbaits and you’re likely to get almost as many answers.
After reading an article by Kevin VanDam recently discussing his approach to the use of spinnerbait trailers, I was surprised to find his views on using spinnerbait trailers were much like mine.
Generally speaking when fishing during the warmer periods of the year in either clear or stained water neither KVD nor myself use trailers on spinnerbaits. When encountering conditions where the water is significantly colder (during the late fall, throughout the winter or early spring) or when the water is dirty we both agree it’s time to break-out the plastic and add a trailer to our spinnerbaits.
Fishing a bass jig with a craw-type trailer almost seems natural to most bass anglers but there is one jig-fishing technique (namely the swim jig) that is a mystery to many.
Unlike conventional jig fishing techniques such as bottom-hopping, pitching or flipping, the swim jig method uses an actual swimming retrieve rather than the standard drop, hop or dragging presentations.
Though a straight swimming approach is preferred by many, experimenting with different retrieves such as stop and go, imparting a rise and fall action during the retrieve, or imparting a pulsing effect can be pure dynamite …
I recall my first experiences catching fish while swimming a jig;