Where to find Largemouth Bass in the fall and winter.
As the water gets colder, the bass go back to shallower water and start their fall feeding frenzy.
When the lake is going through the fall turnover, you can find the fish allmost anywhere. This is because the temperature of the water and also the density are about the same everywhere. As the water gets colder on the surface the fish will go back to the deeper water where its warmer and stay there the whole winter. Ice fishing is usually great early in the season as soon as you can safely get on the ice and fish. Remember the cold water makes the fish real slow and a little harder to catch, especially later in the ice fishing season.
Get shiner minnows rather than flathead minnows. Hook your minnow in the back to have more action. now just find the bottom and have your minnow 1 to 3 feet off of the bottom. Experimenting with depth is also a good thing. I like to go down to about 6 inches off the bottom too.
Here's a great Largemouth Bass ebook filled with tips and information.
Where to find the bass in the summer: Largemouth bass can't take the direct sunlight too long. You will find bass in the shadows around some kind of structure. Under docks or in the shadows around some kinda shore line structure is a good place to find them.
If the water temp. above 80 degrees F. the bass will school up around deep water structures in the summer during the middle of the day and go into the shallows around dusk and dawn to feed.
If your on a lake thats real fertile and there's low oxygen at in deeper waters the bass stay in shallower water but become harder to catch.
Water Temp.- The bass feed more often when the water temperature is from 68-80 degrees but after that they feed less. Under 50 degrees and they feed less.
Morning hours - If you can find a shoreline area on the lake your fishing that has a steep drop off to about ten feet or so that happens really close to shore you've probably hit a bass jackpot in the early morning hours during dawn and a couple hours after. There's many lures that work great for bass depending on the lake, what type of food is available in the lake, water color, weather etc... I recommend using a large leach on a hook with just a split shot about a foot above the hook and a bobber that will put you right above the bottome in this situation. Top water lures are also very good in this situation as well as at dusk. Look at my archive on the right for lure selection. Go here for a downloadable, interactive ebook If you want to learn everything you need to catch alot of Largemouth Bass.
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