| Depending on where you live and fish, the | | | | Try casting a black or pumpkinseed jig tipped |
| time from mid-April to mid-June is a good | | | | with a trailer of some type to entice the |
| time to fish for spring bass. At this time of | | | | bite. |
| year, there are many bass spending time on | | | | |
| their spawning beds in breeding mode and | | | | Fish the points. Staging bass often |
| other bass staged to begin breeding soon. | | | | congregate on the side of the point closer to |
| | | | the spawning area. If there happens to be any |
| Bass that are on their beds for the spawn are | | | | cover in the area, the spot should definitely |
| not really feeding but are in aggressive | | | | produce well. Cast a white or chartreuse |
| defensive mode ready to attack anything that | | | | spinner bait retrieved just under the surface |
| happens to get too close to the bed. These | | | | close to the shoreline cover. An up and down |
| fish are in the shallows and are able to be | | | | jigging retrieve with the spinner bait can |
| fished by sight in many cases. The challenge | | | | also produce well here. |
| is to entice them to attack your bait | | | | |
| presentation by getting it close to their | | | | For spawning bass, fish the pads and the |
| faces. These bass will defend the spawning | | | | stumps. Sometimes bass will make their beds |
| beds! | | | | on the roots of pads or underwater stumps. |
| | | | These fish will be close to this structure |
| Bass that are not quite ready to spawn yet | | | | and can be fished with a lizard or large worm |
| are staged in a little deeper water but are | | | | in chartreuse, white or black with a white |
| feeding aggressively. | | | | stripe. The tactic here is to cast past the |
| | | | bed itself, then move the bed ever so close |
| In order to catch as many bass as possible in | | | | to the bed to entice the byte. |
| the spring time, follow these seven | | | | |
| guidelines to locate spawning and staged bass | | | | Fish the rocks and the docks. Spawning bass |
| for some great bass fishing action! | | | | naturally seek out rocky areas to spawn. |
| | | | Those areas are especially good for producing |
| Fish underwater ledges, ditches or troughs. | | | | bass if there is overhead cover like a dock |
| Using a depthfinder, locate the contour | | | | or overhanging tree limb. Try a tube bait |
| changes that form these troughs or ledges. | | | | with a jig head cast into the bed area and |
| Staging bass will be there typically near | | | | retrieved with a twitching motion to entice a |
| cover or creek intersections. These bass can | | | | strike. |
| be fished for using a variety of baits. | | | | |
| Perhaps your best chance at catching these | | | | Fish the shallow grass. Spawning bass will |
| bass however would be with soft artificial | | | | make their beds among patches in underwater |
| worms or lizards in pumpkinseed color. | | | | grass beds. To catch the bass located here, |
| | | | try fishing with some type of swim bait as it |
| Fish the deep grass. Staging bass often | | | | is common for bass beds located here to be |
| congregate along a grass bed's deeper edge. | | | | visited by other fish species like bluegill. |
| Cast artificial baits parallel to the grass | | | | |
| bed edge, but staying close to the edge | | | | All in all, tailoring your strategies to |
| itself. Your bait should be retrieved fast | | | | catch spring bass that are spawning or that |
| enough so not to snag on the weeds. Rattling | | | | are in pre-spawn mode can produce some |
| crankbaits in crawdad color may work well | | | | exciting bass fishing adventure. When you are |
| here. | | | | out on the lake, pay attention to the |
| | | | topographical features of the lake to locate |
| Fish the creek channel bend. Staging bass | | | | these exciting catchable fish. |
| will locate on the deeper side of the bend. | | | | |