Beautiful Sunlight

[Old plug]

I like warm sunny afternoons for crappie fishing in the spring. I do not think bass are fans of sun except for a short period in the spring. I have caught most of my largest bass over or in deeper water places after the spawn is past. This only applies to LOZ however and me. I cannot help but wonder if the warm sunny days of spring do not have something to do with the fisherman himself.

Al I understand those kind of days on the river. But here on the lake you have a steady dark rainy day and I would get out of my death bed to get out there.

[Hog Wally]

The season matters too The other day I was crappie fishing on the meramec and every time the sun popped out it would happen. I haven't been able to fish to many beautiful sunny days in the summer but I can relate to Al's experiences. I will never forget my best friends biggest smallmouth ever. It was hot and sunny and we were drifting through a long 3' deep flat. There was a old tire in the middle of river and he ran a Slugo over it and a giant smallie grabbed it. It was a giant. Can't remember all the inches and pounds but he does. It was 4 lbs and some though.

[Al Agnew]

I like warm sunny afternoons for crappie fishing in the spring. I do not think bass are fans of sun except for a short period in the spring. I have caught most of my largest bass over or in deeper water places after the spawn is past. This only applies to LOZ however and me. I cannot help but wonder if the warm sunny days of spring do not have something to do with the fisherman himself.

Al I understand those kind of days on the river. But here on the lake you have a steady dark rainy day and I would get out of my death bed to get out there.

I agree...lakes are different than rivers. I've had plenty of great days on lakes when it was cloudy and dark.

Things change a bit with heavy fishing pressure, too. The bass in heavily pressured waters seem to be less likely to be active in the middle of the day, and more active on darker days.

I've always found lake bass to be pickier about things like weather. Cold fronts affect lake bass more than river bass. The wind makes a bigger difference in where they are and what they're doing, too. When you couple that with the vertical aspect of lake fishing--lake bass can go deep or shallow, while river bass movements are mainly related to current and cover--river bass fishing is for the most part easier and more consistent.