| To be certain, spring bass fishing is the best | | | | all the way up to the top end, and you are quite |
| seasonal fishing in the United States. Anglers | | | | likely to find several decent sized schools of large |
| swarm to the lakes like flies (and sometimes with | | | | bass staging in areas of brush, spawning and |
| them!) for excellent bass fishing between | | | | simply staying out of the current. |
| February and May. Of course, those new to the | | | | The tactic to use is this: get ready to cover a lot |
| sport don't have the level of experience that | | | | of water, because you can never tell at what |
| many of these longtime fishermen do and still | | | | point the bass are going to stage. However, when |
| require some tips for where to find the best | | | | trolling the waters, stay along a breakline. In the |
| spring fishing in the country. Let's take a look at | | | | spring, bass are concerned with three things only |
| some of the biggest bass fishing lakes in Texas | | | | - spawning, eating, and resting. They can take |
| and the techniques used by avid anglers in the | | | | care of all of the above by sticking close to a |
| area to come up with consistently large numbers | | | | breakline. Shallower water is better for eating and |
| and sizes of spring bass. | | | | can also provide options for spawning, especially if |
| Lake Fork and Sam Rayburn are probably the | | | | there is heavy foliage or cover in the shallower |
| best bass fishing lakes in all of Texas, especially if | | | | area. For rest and dormancy during daytime, the |
| you want to find bass over twelve pounds. In | | | | deeper water along the breakline provides the |
| fact, while many area lakes have more fish, none | | | | perfect shelter from overheating, as well as from |
| can produce the sizes that these two do every | | | | excess current. |
| spring. Both lakes are full of preferred hangouts | | | | To target these creatures during the season, you |
| for large bass in spring: creeks branching off | | | | will probably get the best response with |
| (especially those running near shallow water), | | | | crankbaits, either deep diving or lipless (the former |
| points, coves, breaklines, and banks with deep | | | | for deeper waters and the latter for shallow |
| cuts. The most common trend you'll find in spring | | | | casting).However, if you can find staging females, |
| fishing in these areas is that the bass will hunker | | | | you should switch to a soft jerkbait or a |
| down along breaklines. Of course, in early spring, | | | | jig-and-craw. If you work it slowly, you'll be sure |
| you can search the creeks from the mouth bed | | | | to have an effect on these cows. |