Finding Bass on Your Mini Pontoon Boat

One of the greatest challenges of bass fishing isconditions. They like to move to warmer, usually
determining the best spot to fish. It takes a littleshallower waters to spawn in the spring. But, they may
understanding of the bass to figure it out. Once younot feed much during this time and they can be difficult
have it, you can more consistently identify bass areasto catch. They will mainly be concentrating on egg
and reel in more fish. Determining the best area to fishprotection. For this reason, bass fishing is usually best in
for bass depends on what type of bass you aredeeper water, starting in the summer. As the water
hunting. Large mouth bass, small mouth bass, spottedwarms up in the summer, the bass will want to escape
bass and black bass all behave differently.the heat and get into cooler deeper water. They will
Furthermore, they all are very sensitive to conditions.hang around in large schools around cliffs and deep
They may exhibit different characteristics at differentstructures. Large rocks, submerged trees and docks
times, depending on the weather, temperature, lightingover deep water are good places to find bass during
and food supply. One thing that all bass keep inthis time. If the water gets too warm, they will want to
common is their love of cover. Whether it is a downedescape to even cooler deeper water, but the lack of
tree, underwater grasses, a sunken canoe, or a pier,oxygen in really deep water will force them to stay in
they will most likely be near it or under it. This holdsthe shallower warm water. These types of conditions
especially true for large mouth bass. They are avidcan make the bass act ill, they do not eat a lot, and
hunters and want to stay concealed. A lot of bass,they can be very hard to catch. Submerged rocks
especially spotted and small mouth bass, like to hangoffer a cool cover in warm water and a lot of bass
out alongside cliffs. This is where your equipment canwill stick close to ledges and large rocks to stay cool.
come in handy. Many lakes also have topographicDuring winter, they will return to the shallows and can
maps that can clue you in to where cliffs may be. Ifbe a lot easier to catch. The best time to determine
you frequent a specific lake or waterway, keep trackgood bass fishing areas is in the early morning or late
of where you find bass. You will need to recordafternoon. During these times you will likely see the
everything about the conditions, the time of year, timebass surfacing for food, and you will know where to
of day, and temperature of the water, whatever yougo. Choose your lures, keep a bass fishing diary, and
can. You may not find bass in the same spot again forget out there for a good year of fishing on your mini
a while. They tend to migrate around depending onpontoon boat.