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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:
Have you ever stopped to think about the relationship of the Sun, the cover you’re fishing and how it might impact the bass using the cover? Are you doing all you can to “keep the Sun out of the bass’ eyes” when you’re fishing shallow cover? Many anglers do not even consider this factor but…
If there’s one thing that gets the old blood pumping when fishing new water, it’s finding spots where great structural elements combine with good bass-holding cover…
If the new water body is a man-made reservoir, a classic structure-cover combo is scattered brush on points leading to deep water shown here:
A really cool thing about the brush laden point above, the brush starts in shallow water and extends out to the edge of the shallow to deep drop-off thus providing almost limit-less ways to fish it…
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…
Locational Patterns By Ron Kurucz Springtime Locational Patterns: Pre-Spawn is 50 to 59 degrees F. Spawn is 60 to 66 degrees F. Post-Spawn is 67 to 72 degrees F. Pre-Spawn: Largemouth bass follow a seasonal pattern typical of largemouth behavior on most reservoirs. In the spring, fish begin to move from the creek channels in…