Spring and fall are times of transition, especially in the bass’ world.
During the change from winter to spring and summer to fall, many bass move up from their deep water haunts towards the shallows to feed and partake in their annual species renewal rituals, either the spawn or feeding for winter…
Even during transitions from spring to summer and fall to winter, many bass reverse the process, migrating away from shallow cover towards deeper water havens.
During these shallow to deep transition periods, bass and many other fish follow pre-determined pathways such as points or inundated roadbeds (in man-made reservoirs) as migration routes…
In the following video and images, we take a look at different ways to identify these underwater bass highways using imagery, maps not to mention your eyes when exploring the shoreline of your favorite, man-made fishing holes…
Here are a few images from the “City and Northern Ramp” areas of Mozingo Lake for a different perspective from that shown in the video…
View of the old roadbed on the edge of the “City Ramp”
View of the old roadbed (note arrow) on the hillside across from the “City Ramp”
Excerpt from topographic map showing roadbed at “City Ramp” before inundation
View of the road shot from the western shore of Mozingo at “North Ramp” while standing on old roadbed
