| Taking a bass fishing trip in winter is one of those | | | | to attack the bait purely and simply because it will be |
| things that everybody that loves a challenge will | | | | too fast for them to catch. Try moving your line about |
| undertake. It is also a pastime for the hardened | | | | two inches every five minutes. If that does not yield |
| bassfishing enthusiasts because it is anything but easy. | | | | results then try casting your line every five minutes |
| In fact, it is perhaps the most difficult bass fishing | | | | and leaving it stationary in the same spot. |
| experience you will ever have! | | | | Fish Deep |
| However, if you get your techniques right then it would | | | | Fishing deep is always a good idea in winter because |
| be a much better experience for you so it is all about | | | | bass head for the warmest waters and they are not |
| working on your technique and style. | | | | generally towards the surface. They will instead go |
| Before you start learning new techniques though, you | | | | deep into holes and under banks. As such, it is worth |
| have to bear in mind that you will need several | | | | doing a little scouting before you actually start fishing. |
| personal skills. | | | | Does the lake have overhangs or nooks that bass |
| For example, you will need to have a lot of patience | | | | could seek refuge in? If it does then you should initially |
| and also a versatility to be able to change your | | | | target those areas. |
| technique on the lake as and when necessary | | | | Cast your line as deep as you can, preferably so it |
| because winter bass fishing is a waiting game. | | | | drags along the bottom and then raise it slowly, inch by |
| Some techniques will work sometimes but then will not | | | | inch over a period of ten minutes or so. Recast your |
| work again for a couple of weeks so you have to be | | | | line and raise it over twenty or thirty minutes if that |
| prepared to try out various techniques and methods | | | | does not attract interest the general rule is the longer |
| on a trip until you find the one that works. | | | | you leave it in place, the more interest you will get in |
| The reason why bass fishing is so hard in winter is | | | | the line. |
| because bass are cold blooded creatures and do not | | | | Fish Undercover |
| tend to feed so much as a direct result of that. In | | | | Vegetation is also a big favourite of the bass in any |
| winter, their bodies cool to the temperature of the | | | | lake in winter. Vegetation is always warmer and |
| water around them. | | | | provides them with a safe haven. As such, you should |
| As such, their bodily processes slow down as well. | | | | locate a body of underwater vegetation or a |
| They may take a few days to break down food and | | | | vegetative bank and then deliberately cast your line |
| digest it properly so they will not need to feed as | | | | into it, skimming the bait as low as possible in the water |
| often. This is why you have to entice them and make | | | | and then repeating the technique as outlined above in |
| the bait look as attractive as possible via your | | | | the section about fishing deep. |
| techniques. | | | | There is one thing that you should bear in mind when |
| Fish Slowly | | | | choosing to fish vegetation though. You should always |
| In spring and summer, you should attempt to fish for | | | | use a weedless lure. If you use a wedded one then |
| bass at pace to match their own activity. However, it | | | | you will get tangled in the vegetation and would |
| is the complete opposite in winter because the same | | | | undoubtedly end up losing the lure to the water. This |
| principle applies. You should fish at the same pace as | | | | can be frustrating and would interrupt your rhythm. A |
| the bass move because it is only then that they will | | | | torpedo or frog is perfect for this and will bring you the |
| feel secure enough to take your bait. | | | | greatest chances of success. |
| If you fish too fast then they will automatically not think | | | | |