my take on fishing march to now

[merc1997 Bo]

here is bit of a rundown on my thoughts on what went down fishing wise from march to what i believe was just now the mass spawn.

we began with the heavy rains and lake wide muddy water.  the water came up rapidly but was sucked back down just about as fast.  there was a mass movement of bass to the bank during this time.  there might have even been a few spawn during this time.  the water cleared and dropped and everything moved back out.

then we had the running up and down of temps.  it would be hot followed by winter.  bass most often will not attempt to spawn until temp and water levels are more stable.

this last new moon phase, there was just about everyone tearing up off shore bass on top waters and other offerings and some getting them just outside bushes.  most of these bass were quite fat and slick looking, which is another indication, they had not spawned and were staging bass just waiting.  the moon began getting bigger each night and many wonder why no nests.  answer. because they spawned out deeper for two reasons.  water temp and water clarity.

those same bass have also just as quickly moved out to deeper water and most bites are now in the 15 to 25 ft. range.  i have never been one to put much stock in what the surface temp is when dealing with pre-spawn or spawning bass.  even though the surface temp last week was 80 degrees, it was not that warm where this mass of spawning bass were spawning.  seems as though the top water bite ended just about as quick as it started, and i believe it is because they were pre-spawn bass and they have now done their thing and have moved to more summer type areas.

how deep will the bass get this year?  depends on water clarity and how much water is being ran through the lake.  

there is my two cents worth.  happy summer fishing.

 

bo

[cheesemaster]

That all makes sense to me.

[Bill Babler]

Good Stuff Bo, thanks