I'm starting to get the bass itch real bad. Sure, most of me is thinking about the warmer late-spring/summer days and how much I love floating around the bass lakes/ponds. But some of me is also thinking about getting out there just to see if I can catch any over the next month or so before the prespawn really starts to wake up.
If you look on Youtube, there are a million "bass winter fishing tips" videos. But 75% of them are from the south where "winter" means something a lot different than in the PNW. And those that aren't are from the midwest/north where they have a whole OTHER kind of winter.
So what's a guy in the PNW (west side) to do if they are looking for learning about what our bass do in the colder months? Yeah, "look for shallow spots with access to deep water" is a place to start. And I do have some deeper lakes and ponds (though I've not had much winter success). But I've also got a couple that are mostly 4-8 ft and don't get much deeper than 12ft. What happens on those? I know the bass are in there. They don't pack up and head south for the summer. But I have no idea where to start looking for them.
If you look on Youtube, there are a million "bass winter fishing tips" videos. But 75% of them are from the south where "winter" means something a lot different than in the PNW. And those that aren't are from the midwest/north where they have a whole OTHER kind of winter.
So what's a guy in the PNW (west side) to do if they are looking for learning about what our bass do in the colder months? Yeah, "look for shallow spots with access to deep water" is a place to start. And I do have some deeper lakes and ponds (though I've not had much winter success). But I've also got a couple that are mostly 4-8 ft and don't get much deeper than 12ft. What happens on those? I know the bass are in there. They don't pack up and head south for the summer. But I have no idea where to start looking for them.