Bass

bassmasterderek · Post by **bassmasterderek** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:35 pm

From my experience I wouldn't exactly fish the shallows or sight fish just yet. Look for your bass to be in the drop-offs next to the shallows. They will be set up for the panfish to move in to the shallows.

fishingmachine · Post by **fishingmachine** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:37 pm

so how deep of water then cause there really are no drop offs in my like so where would i fish and how do i catch them

platinumroof · Post by **platinumroof** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:38 pm

I agree with bigbasstaz, it has been my experience that if the sunfish are on beds the largemouth are done spawning.

fishingmachine · Post by **fishingmachine** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:39 pm

yeah last year if i remeber correctly i caught sunfish off their beds in june and july so they spawn later

fishaholictaz · Post by **fishaholictaz** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:44 pm

fishingmachine wrote:sounds good will it be the females up shallow or the smaller males and does anyon want to hit it up with me and does anyone have any good tips for this water

A black worm works good early for me.(some thing like a strike king with a lot of movement) You can work it slow. All fish will be feeding getting there energy/reserves up. They are still moving slow. The strike zone will be smaller,meaning you will have to get your bait close I would go with 8 pound test max line. This is also a good time of year for a craw fish bait.

fishaholictaz · Post by **fishaholictaz** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:54 pm

Thanks fishing machine you totally got most of my posting info out of me.

Hope I helped though. Another thing is keep an eye out for what is moving around in your little lake. Bass fishing can be like fly fishing.(you got to match the active food source )

bassmasterderek · Post by **bassmasterderek** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:55 pm

bassmasterderek wrote: A key thing to look for would be bluegill and crappie beds.

My bad I am wrong sunfish don't spawn til after bass. I'll shut up now!

fishaholictaz · Post by **fishaholictaz** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:01 pm

bassmasterderek wrote:
bassmasterderek wrote: A key thing to look for would be bluegill and crappie beds.
My bad I am wrong sunfish don't spawn til after bass. I'll shut up now!

Please don't! Not one of us know it all but between all of us I bet we could figure it out!!

fishingmachine · Post by **fishingmachine** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:05 pm

well does anyone want to hit it up or let me know where to fish since there are no drop offs

fishaholictaz · Post by **fishaholictaz** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:09 pm

fishingmachine wrote:well does anyone want to hit it up or let me know where to fish since there are no drop offs

Like I said look for a food source and try to match that.

fishingmachine · Post by **fishingmachine** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:10 pm

Bigbass i mean do i fish timber weeds or something like that

kuttkilla · Post by **kuttkilla** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:11 pm

fishingmachine wrote:Would the bass be spawning yet in my secret lake as it is about 4 acres and only around 10 feet deep so do u think the bass are on the beds yet.

Here's what I know about water temperatures, only because I've been to 4 lakes in the last 4 days.

1. Beaver - Water Temp 48.5F
2. Boren - Water Temp 49.2F
3. Bitter - Water Temp 51.4F
4. Lake Washington - Water Temp 47.1F

These readings came from my Eagle fish finder. I claim to know nothing about catching freshwater bass, but I just wanted to pass on my first hand knowledge of recent water temperatures from some of our lakes. I think it would be safe to say that the bass probably aren't on their beds right now. I hope this helps you fishingmachine.

kk

fishingmachine · Post by **fishingmachine** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:12 pm

thanks kutt i wasnt planning on them being spawning right now but they may be up shallow feeding

fishaholictaz · Post by **fishaholictaz** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:15 pm

Your lake isn't very big I would try to find my own patterns.Every lake/pond is different.
Fish around until you find something working. Try the soft plastics and maybe a small rattle trap. LOOK FOR THE NATURAL FOOD SOURCE!

fishingmachine · Post by **fishingmachine** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:17 pm

okay sounds good so i have had luck trolling for the bass do u think that would be productive this time of year

A9 · Post by A9 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:19 pm

fishingmachine wrote: does anyon want to hit it up with me

FM. you've asked this plenty times already. Please, dude, you don't need to fill up this thread with stuff like this. A few hours ago there were like 5 responses. Now there are like 35 and most of them are you saying the same stuff, which makes it hard to sift through peoples posts...

fishaholictaz · Post by **fishaholictaz** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:21 pm

Any way you fish for them fish it slow. Like I said the bait will have to get closer for longer than normal.

fishingmachine · Post by **fishingmachine** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:22 pm

thanks bigbass i have had luck trolling a nightcrawler and it also catches the perch so i may try that and just troll slow

fishaholictaz · Post by **fishaholictaz** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:26 pm

fishingmachine wrote:thanks bigbass i have had luck trolling a nightcrawler and it also catches the perch so i may try that and just troll slow

If you are finding a place the perch are schooling try a BIGGER bass bait around that area chances are a bass is waiting for a littler perch to get to close.

fishingmachine · Post by **fishingmachine** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:29 pm

okay i will do that and try to catch some bass and if all else fails i will go to beaver but i have a feeling i could catch one is a 10 inch worm too big for right now

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