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Does Bed Fishing Impact Bass

Posted on April 20, 2021May 8, 2021 By PracticalAngler 1 Comment on Does Bed Fishing Impact Bass

Here we are, smack dab in the heart of the spring bass fishing season and many are getting ready to face a sometimes highly debated question:

Does bed fishing for bass impact populations and survival?

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Ask 100 bass anglers this question and you’ll likely get an equal number of respondents with either a Yes or No viewpoint.

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Plan Your Strategy For Spawning Bass

Posted on April 13, 2021May 2, 2021 By PracticalAngler No Comments on Plan Your Strategy For Spawning Bass

It’s springtime (or so the calendar says 😉 )…

That time of year for bass and other gamefish to move shallow as the prepare to re-produce…

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Though staging bass can often be fairly easy to catch, spawning fish, especially largemouths often present a challenge to the bed fisherman…

Even though some bedding bass maybe stubborn, understanding the signals they provide as they cruise around the nest area and the lure presentations required to make them strike is key to success…

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Downsizing Your Baits for More Spring Bass

Posted on April 11, 2021May 2, 2021 By PracticalAngler No Comments on Downsizing Your Baits for More Spring Bass

Fishing for bedding bass provides many anglers their best opportunity to catch a trophy bass. Though spawning bass are usually easy to spot against their fanned-out beds, catching them can often be frustrating …

Most bass fisherman revert to standard bass baits (jigs, worms and sometimes topwaters) when fishing for bedding bass and more recently specialized sinking worms and soft-stickbaits.

Depending on the stage of the spawn, bedding bass can be aggravated into striking or moving “conventional-sized” bass lures.  Much of the time, however, bedding bass will refuse most of the normal-sized morsels dropped into their liar.

When encountering those times when bass are reluctant to strike normal-sized offerings, down-sizing your lure selection increases success for bedding bass!

Three Mini-baits To Cure Bedding Bass Blues …

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How to Pattern Spring Bass to Increase Your Fishing Success

Posted on April 6, 2021April 8, 2021 By PracticalAngler No Comments on How to Pattern Spring Bass to Increase Your Fishing Success

Heading out to your favorite bass lake for some early spring bass fishing? Take the time and learn how to pattern the fish and determine exactly where they are positioned in their winter to springtime transition. If you are fortunate enough to fish a lake with populations of both largemouth and smallmouth bass, one thing…

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Drop-Shotting for Post Spawn Bass

Posted on March 16, 2021April 18, 2021 By PracticalAngler No Comments on Drop-Shotting for Post Spawn Bass

A favorite bass fishing tip for post spawn bass is to use a rig many anglers overlook, drop-shotting soft plastics along edge of drop-offs. Drop-shot rigs are far more versatile than many bass fishermen believe but drop-shotting the shallow to deep water transition edges will produce quality post spawn females looking for an easy meal….

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Yo-Yoing Rapala’s Rippin Rap for Spring Smallies

Posted on March 13, 2021April 6, 2021 By PracticalAngler No Comments on Yo-Yoing Rapala’s Rippin Rap for Spring Smallies

Seems Rapala has been busy in their labs again, this time creating their third generation of lipless crankbaits, the Rippin’ Rap. According to Doug Stange of InFishermanTV (see video below), this new design has a different profile than its predecessors (Rattlin’ Rap & Clankin’ Rap) as well as different sound, vibration and fall pattern. In…

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Spring Bass Fishing Secrets

Posted on March 3, 2021April 23, 2021 By PracticalAngler No Comments on Spring Bass Fishing Secrets

Most of us have experienced a very long winter and we’re definitely ready for a little spring bass fishing. One of my favorite times to hit the water is shortly after ice-out when the water temperatures have risen to about 40 degrees F. The three baits I always have rigged on these early spring bass…

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