03-03-10, 08:11 PM | #1 |
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Early, early spring bass
I'm going fishing soon. It'll be about 50 degrees F with snow still on the ground so I'm stumped on what to use at the wildlife reservation where I fish. The water is about 5 feet deep with submerged weeds that look like kelp and there is a sandy bottom,woody cover,anda small dock.
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Went today to a small lake close to house, water temp 47 to 50. Threw rat l traps and slow rolled spinnerbaits, some cranks. Water sort of murky because of rain and snow. Fished about 3 hours this afternoon and caught 1 small bass, only strike I got and it came on a small white spinnerbait. Lots of fish on graph but could not get them to bite. I think because of water color and temp. Good luck to you.
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03-03-10, 10:54 PM | #3 |
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Weightless Flukes. Watermelon Candy.
Jerkbaits, Clown, Silver, or LC's Ghost Minnow. BB
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Oveer here in Indiana, I've done very well the past two years in the "early early spring" using a chatterbait fished just fast enough to keep it out of trouble. I used to rank a suspending jerkbait as my No.1 early spring bait, namely a Rattlin Rouge. But the last two years the Chatterbait has caught bass for me when nothing else would. Funny thing though, after the water temps reach the mid 50's the chatterbait bite drops off and other baits begin to shine.
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When you said temp is going to be 50 degrees, are you speaking of air temp or water temp? Depending on your water clarity I would go with either a suspending rogue, t-rigged finesse worm or centipede with the lightest weight you can use pegged, or even a weightless 4" senko type worm since the depth is only 5 ft. (wind allowing). Good fishing to ya.
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Kevin, there will be no open water soon around here.... it will be at least 3 weeks before the ponds open up...
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didnt know that
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near the courtsey dock and the shoreline near it is 5-8 feet deep about. also it's resthaven 8
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I'd try fishing a senko, or a jerk bait over tops of the weeds, and a shallow diving square billed crankbait around the wood and over tops of the grass too. And a lipless crankbait ripped outa the grass may do good too!
Try different things to find once works, once you find something that does stick with that, and fish it in the same kinda place. I hope you do do, and make sure to bring back pics!
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Probably gonna sllow roll a spinnerbait around all cover.
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I'd go with shakey head or soft plastic stickbait
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Well, I guess i stand corrected.... some of the ponds are open already.... get ready mr. bass, here i come!
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Do you mean "open" as in ice has melted off, or as in some lakes/ponds are officially shut down until a specific day of the year?
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Yeah this warm spell and rain is helping a lot.
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Ok....I heard some areas have lakes only open certain months or time of the day so had to be sure
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When the water temp reaches 50 -- it is jig and chunk time for me. A Suspending jerkbait (rouge, x-rap) will also be a go to bait.
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