Deep winter bass

[96 CHAMP]

I found this interesting and I believe explains why at times when I have found shad shallow in 40 + degree water temp that is has been some of my better stringers.

https://www.bassmaster.com/greg-hackney/myth-deep-winter-bass-0

[Dutch]

Maybe that explains the success with the A rig in the winter.

[Guest]

there just comes a time that when water temps get cold enough, the only active bass in the lake will be shallow, and that is because a good sized portion of the bait fish have also moved up shallower.  in cold enough water temps, those bait fish will also die from the cold water temps.  they make a very easy feeding opportunity for the bass and crappie.  the bass that have remained out deeper always seem to just go dormant, at least they are for me.  i have tried, without success, to catch these deep bass for a lot of decades.  

bass instinctively move to shallower water depths also because of the longer amounts of daylight, and the spawning urge begins to kick in.  this will trigger a migration to shallower depths.  i believe that i discussed this in a thread a couple of weeks ago.

bo