and the beat goes on

[merc1997 Bo]

it is april and the moon is out.  we had a big front go through with cold temps and cold rains.  dropped the water temps 2 to 3 degrees, but april bass are all about eating getting ready for spawn.  went last night and even with the colder water and post front conditions they still bit fairly good.  was just missing the bigger bites.  there were still a few bites fairly shallow but most were out 10 to 15 feet deep.  caught all of them on a 3/8 GrassJig brown and blue with a blue trailer.  ended up with a dozen keepers with two that would make 3 lbs.  not too shabby for fishing from dark to 11.

these pre-spawn bass are always hungry until they begin to nest and then they can get harder to catch many times. i always try to stay with the pre-spawners as long as possible and when they run out then go back to the areas where the bass first spawned and they will be back to eating.  pretty good way to not bother them much while the are nesting.  on a lake the size of table rock, the bass do not all spawn at the same time.  do not be surprised with the water very clear as it is this year, for many of the bigger bass to spawn 10 to 15 ft. deep.

anyway, right now is a great time to get out after them either day or night because even with the fronts bass have really got the feed bag on to bulk up for the rigors of spawn.  they just seem to move a lot from day to day.

bo

[willyfish]

I always heard that night fishing is usually better around midnight to 2. Any truth to that? 

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5 hours ago, willyfish said:

I always heard that night fishing is usually better around midnight to 2. Any truth to that? 

not really.it always seemed to me that there was a lull from 12 to 3 and then it really got good again.  that was from back in the day when the weekend night tournies were from7 to 7.

bo