Gotta love spring time...

hooked2132 · 04-21-10, 10:05 PM

I love this time of year cause it allows guys like me to get lucky cathing a few decent sized fish in the shallows. I went out last weekend and landed two 4 pounders in the same day. I caught em both really shallow. I was fishin a pumpkinseed berkley powerbait power worm almost all day. I think we are well in to spawning time here in Middle Tennessee. How has everyone else's luck been so far? What are the conditions like? prespawn? spawn? postspawn? What were you fishing? etc. etc.

Bassboss · 04-22-10, 08:01 AM

Post spawn here.. a sew that are still on beds, but the vast majority of them have spawned out. Just fishing ponds and small lakes.

rodnreel · 04-22-10, 09:04 AM

I'm looking at more pre-spawn fish than spawn right now. By the time the full moon hits next Wednesday, I'd bet the majority of fish will be up shallow spawning. I haven't been having the typical spring fishing you hear of catching the big ones up shallow. Fish have been very few and far between. I've been fishing with just about everything imaginable. Shallow cranks, spinnerbaits, tubes, Texas rigged craws and worms, drop shot, topwater, and even busted out the old floating Rapala that almost always catches fish. Only luck I've had has been with a brown/orange crankbait and tubes. And when I say luck, I mean I caught 2 fish on the crank, and 2 fish on the tube. And one of them was a walleye LOL.

BassinNC · 04-22-10, 12:59 PM

Don't know, havnt been able to go fishing all week

Cavs1123 · 04-22-10, 03:06 PM

this is my favorite time of year too

bassinbob · 04-22-10, 04:04 PM

A few small dinks here and there. Then one day last week casting a small swimbait I caught a nice one. It hit the instant the lure hit the water. I casted parallel to the shore about 5 feet out. Caught her on a spinning setup. She pulled drag. What I catch when I don't have a camera.

tim4081 · 04-22-10, 10:41 PM

Strictly pre-spawn here in the cold north although water temps are heading up slowly. Fish are holding along weed lines just off the shallows for the most part. Jigs have been best for me as well as catching a few on jerk baits, slowly worked spinnerbaits and senko type worms crawled along the bottom.

04-21-10, 10:05 PM	#1
hooked2132 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Nashville, Tn Posts: 21	Gotta love spring time... I love this time of year cause it allows guys like me to get lucky cathing a few decent sized fish in the shallows. I went out last weekend and landed two 4 pounders in the same day. I caught em both really shallow. I was fishin a pumpkinseed berkley powerbait power worm almost all day. I think we are well in to spawning time here in Middle Tennessee. How has everyone else's luck been so far? What are the conditions like? prespawn? spawn? postspawn? What were you fishing? etc. etc. Last edited by hooked2132; 04-21-10 at 10:15 PM.

04-22-10, 08:01 AM	#2
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Post spawn here.. a sew that are still on beds, but the vast majority of them have spawned out. Just fishing ponds and small lakes. __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

04-22-10, 09:04 AM	#3
rodnreel BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Jamestown, OH Posts: 310	I'm looking at more pre-spawn fish than spawn right now. By the time the full moon hits next Wednesday, I'd bet the majority of fish will be up shallow spawning. I haven't been having the typical spring fishing you hear of catching the big ones up shallow. Fish have been very few and far between. I've been fishing with just about everything imaginable. Shallow cranks, spinnerbaits, tubes, Texas rigged craws and worms, drop shot, topwater, and even busted out the old floating Rapala that almost always catches fish. Only luck I've had has been with a brown/orange crankbait and tubes. And when I say luck, I mean I caught 2 fish on the crank, and 2 fish on the tube. And one of them was a walleye LOL. __________________ "If you become a jack of all bass fishing trades but a master of none, you're setting yourself up for mediocrity." - Denny Brauer Last edited by rodnreel; 04-22-10 at 03:42 PM.

04-22-10, 12:59 PM	#4
BassinNC BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: albemarle, NC Posts: 788	Don't know, havnt been able to go fishing all week __________________ 138 bass in 2K10. Biggest 4LBS 14oz.

04-22-10, 03:06 PM	#5
Cavs1123 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 1,398	this is my favorite time of year too __________________ Tom

04-22-10, 04:04 PM	#6
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	A few small dinks here and there. Then one day last week casting a small swimbait I caught a nice one. It hit the instant the lure hit the water. I casted parallel to the shore about 5 feet out. Caught her on a spinning setup. She pulled drag. What I catch when I don't have a camera. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

04-22-10, 10:41 PM	#7
tim4081 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Spring Lake, Michigan Posts: 195	Strictly pre-spawn here in the cold north although water temps are heading up slowly. Fish are holding along weed lines just off the shallows for the most part. Jigs have been best for me as well as catching a few on jerk baits, slowly worked spinnerbaits and senko type worms crawled along the bottom.

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