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