Spawn Question

basstech · 04-27-09, 10:11 AM

Hi all, quick question about where to find females. Here is the situation. For the last week have been catching tons of small males and a couple of bigger ones as well along spawning banks, haven't caught a female in nearly two weeks now and the males just really started making the beds over this last weekend. Where, and how would you go about finding the females and catching them? I have been seeing some suspended fish off the points but if they are bass haven't been able to get them to bite. Any suggestions? Thanks, Basstech.

cassidyta · 04-27-09, 01:22 PM

Since the males have just started making beds, you are in a pre-spawn situation. I prefer to go with something big and slow moving when that happens. I will throw a large jerk bait towards the suspending females. I have had a lot of success with large fly rigged flukes. Letting them flutter down and twitching them. I usually try to trigger a reaction bite by bringing it right across their faces. If that does not work, I will drop shot in the general area of them. I always cast past them and ease the bait into their area.
Once they start moving closer to the beds, I will switch to something t-rigged and focus on first drop off from the beds.

BassinID · 04-27-09, 03:29 PM

In this situation I find that I usually can catch females that are staged in a little deeper water, usually in the same perpendicular line as the males (as related to the bank). I have good luck whit a DT-10 cranked super slow in 8 to 12 feet, or with a football jig and craw trailer. In my area there are tuns of crayfish. If that doesn't work, just stay on the males and the females will be there in a week or two.

basstech · 04-27-09, 04:32 PM

Thanks guys, I'll give your suggestions a try.

bamabassman · 04-27-09, 04:54 PM

just wondering why ya want to get the females in particular? size?

basstech · 04-27-09, 05:48 PM

yep, size, fishing local tournaments with a freind, we've done ok, haven't won any cash and I've gotten us on fish pretty consistantly so we've been finishing in the top 25% until the evening tourneys started. Been catching nothing but shorts untill last sunday, I had four keepers (15"), biggest being about 3.5 lbs. but every single one of them was a male (including all the shorts) and I get tired of going through a bag-o-plastics for dinks. The guys we fish against have been fishing this lake and these tourneys for 20 years(most of them), so if you haven't gotten caught a limit chances are you're not winning. Plus I've never done good with catching staging females and I am really tired of that.

zooker · 04-27-09, 06:18 PM

pull off the bank the fat girls are there but it takes presistance to catch them.. look in the backs of the creeks. say water in the 2-3 foot depth.. the dinks your catchin are in 18-24 inches of water the fat chicks are UNDER your boat..location is easy.. look for a ditch or the creek channle.. way in the back of the creek aint got to be much 6-8" differance is all it takes..

zooker

bamabassman · 04-27-09, 07:31 PM

zooker beat me to it. do what he says, the gals are there. waiting for the MAN to finish building the house. then she'll go in and re-arrange the funiture,lol.

MrPhotographer06 · 04-27-09, 08:20 PM

they are there.. and it takes some agrivation to get them to bite.. but stay with it, eventually they'll bite.. i spent like an hour after mine.

zooker · 04-27-09, 08:31 PM

now i gots me a trick to catch bed lock jawed bass. but absolutly refuse to share it..

zooker

MallenManson · 04-27-09, 08:35 PM

Who remembers the link to that spawning article?
Lots of good info in there. According to the article, the female is roughly 20' away in deeper water, and apparently, the male is generaly lookin right at her

MallenManson · 04-27-09, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zooker

now i gots me a trick to catch bed lock jawed bass. but absolutly refuse to share it..

zooker

Dynamite? Or a bug zapper?

cassidyta · 04-27-09, 10:39 PM

This link?

Highlight and copy the entire line shown below:
http://www.thebass holes.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.31

Paste it into your browser, but BEFORE YOU HIT ENTER, delete the space between the "bass" and "holes" in the link. Then hit enter. That should get you there.

CCbass · 04-28-09, 03:47 AM

I never really sight fish in the spring even if I see them on the beds. I fish the banks but around 6 to 8 feet down and catch good quality fish. Maybe the females are watching the males to see how good they are at house keeping.

basstech · 04-28-09, 12:14 PM

Thanks Zook and the rest of you guys. I'm going out tonight after work so hopefully I can get them figured out. Worried that everything changed after this front that just rolled through though.

MallenManson · 04-28-09, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cassidyta

This link?

Highlight and copy the entire line shown below:
http://www.thebass holes.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.31

Paste it into your browser, but BEFORE YOU HIT ENTER, delete the space between the "bass" and "holes" in the link. Then hit enter. That should get you there.

Bingo!!!!!!!!!!!

04-27-09, 10:11 AM	#1
basstech BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rockford, Ill Posts: 489	Spawn Question Hi all, quick question about where to find females. Here is the situation. For the last week have been catching tons of small males and a couple of bigger ones as well along spawning banks, haven't caught a female in nearly two weeks now and the males just really started making the beds over this last weekend. Where, and how would you go about finding the females and catching them? I have been seeing some suspended fish off the points but if they are bass haven't been able to get them to bite. Any suggestions? Thanks, Basstech. __________________ The words just won't come to me!:confused:

04-27-09, 01:22 PM	#2
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	Since the males have just started making beds, you are in a pre-spawn situation. I prefer to go with something big and slow moving when that happens. I will throw a large jerk bait towards the suspending females. I have had a lot of success with large fly rigged flukes. Letting them flutter down and twitching them. I usually try to trigger a reaction bite by bringing it right across their faces. If that does not work, I will drop shot in the general area of them. I always cast past them and ease the bait into their area. Once they start moving closer to the beds, I will switch to something t-rigged and focus on first drop off from the beds. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

04-27-09, 04:32 PM	#4
basstech BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rockford, Ill Posts: 489	Thanks guys, I'll give your suggestions a try. __________________ The words just won't come to me!:confused:

04-27-09, 04:54 PM	#5
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	just wondering why ya want to get the females in particular? size? __________________ so many lures, so little time.

04-27-09, 05:48 PM	#6
basstech BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rockford, Ill Posts: 489	yep, size, fishing local tournaments with a freind, we've done ok, haven't won any cash and I've gotten us on fish pretty consistantly so we've been finishing in the top 25% until the evening tourneys started. Been catching nothing but shorts untill last sunday, I had four keepers (15"), biggest being about 3.5 lbs. but every single one of them was a male (including all the shorts) and I get tired of going through a bag-o-plastics for dinks. The guys we fish against have been fishing this lake and these tourneys for 20 years(most of them), so if you haven't gotten caught a limit chances are you're not winning. Plus I've never done good with catching staging females and I am really tired of that. __________________ The words just won't come to me!:confused:

04-27-09, 03:29 PM	#3
BassinID BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Too far from largemouth, Idaho Posts: 672	In this situation I find that I usually can catch females that are staged in a little deeper water, usually in the same perpendicular line as the males (as related to the bank). I have good luck whit a DT-10 cranked super slow in 8 to 12 feet, or with a football jig and craw trailer. In my area there are tuns of crayfish. If that doesn't work, just stay on the males and the females will be there in a week or two.

04-27-09, 06:18 PM	#7
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	pull off the bank the fat girls are there but it takes presistance to catch them.. look in the backs of the creeks. say water in the 2-3 foot depth.. the dinks your catchin are in 18-24 inches of water the fat chicks are UNDER your boat..location is easy.. look for a ditch or the creek channle.. way in the back of the creek aint got to be much 6-8" differance is all it takes.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

04-27-09, 07:31 PM	#8
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	zooker beat me to it. do what he says, the gals are there. waiting for the MAN to finish building the house. then she'll go in and re-arrange the funiture,lol. __________________ so many lures, so little time.

04-27-09, 08:20 PM	#9
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	they are there.. and it takes some agrivation to get them to bite.. but stay with it, eventually they'll bite.. i spent like an hour after mine. __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

04-27-09, 08:31 PM	#10
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	now i gots me a trick to catch bed lock jawed bass. but absolutly refuse to share it.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

04-27-09, 08:35 PM	#11
MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Who remembers the link to that spawning article? Lots of good info in there. According to the article, the female is roughly 20' away in deeper water, and apparently, the male is generaly lookin right at her __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

04-27-09, 10:39 PM	#13
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	This link? Highlight and copy the entire line shown below: http://www.thebass holes.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.31 Paste it into your browser, but BEFORE YOU HIT ENTER, delete the space between the "bass" and "holes" in the link. Then hit enter. That should get you there. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

04-28-09, 03:47 AM	#14
CCbass BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monterey CA Posts: 253	I never really sight fish in the spring even if I see them on the beds. I fish the banks but around 6 to 8 feet down and catch good quality fish. Maybe the females are watching the males to see how good they are at house keeping.

04-28-09, 12:14 PM	#15
basstech BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Rockford, Ill Posts: 489	Thanks Zook and the rest of you guys. I'm going out tonight after work so hopefully I can get them figured out. Worried that everything changed after this front that just rolled through though. __________________ The words just won't come to me!:confused:

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