| Huge bass might be caught in Winter season on | | | | Now is a great time to plan a trip to an individual |
| just about all ponds, but you ought to assume | | | | with the Texas power plant lakes. The drinking |
| fewer bites. Slow down the presentation. | | | | water temperature on these ponds in January will |
| Remember, bass are cold-blooded and their | | | | be in the 70-degree plus range and most bass will |
| particular metabolic process slows down in cold | | | | be inside spawning or post spawn stage. Fish |
| conditions. One of the best patterns in cold | | | | these ponds the same as you would cold-water |
| weather will likely be to fish the major creeks | | | | ponds in springtime. |
| with timber or grass. Position your boat within the | | | | One particular pattern most fishermen overlook in |
| middle from the creek and do the job your lure | | | | late January and early February, on any lake, is |
| along the edge of breaklines. Concentrate on key | | | | shallow water. Look for parts protected from |
| bends in creeks or even where feeder creeks | | | | north winds near deep water. The back ends of |
| cross. Key in on parts that have got the most | | | | significant feeder creeks and protective coves |
| structure. Find a number of parts on your lake | | | | happen to be very good places to start. Usually |
| that have main brush piles and laydowns on creek | | | | when you have two to three days of warmer |
| bends and feeder creek intersections and function | | | | weather, these areas will warm 1st. They may |
| them thoroughly. | | | | well be just a few degrees warmer, however |
| Without a doubt, the jig and pig is the number | | | | they draw some beneficial bass to them. |
| one producer of trophy bass. For your jig trailer, | | | | Some on the ideal lures to throw happen to be |
| stay with pork trailer instead of plastic. Pork will | | | | lipless crankbaits. Combine this with having a good |
| generate additional bites than a plastic trailer. | | | | baitcaster reel and you'll set yourself up for an |
| During cold drinking water conditions, black and | | | | excellent day. When you might be fishing this |
| blue, pumpkin, gourd green, and solid white happen | | | | pattern, cover lots of drinking water. While you |
| to be some on the best producers. Big | | | | connect, operate the area thoroughly. Most lipless |
| deep-diving crankbaits in perch and chartreuse will | | | | crankbaits out in the box don't have got hooks |
| also produce big fish. Do not forget your jigging | | | | which are suitable for significant bass. Replace |
| spoons either. | | | | them with a great quality hook. Daiichi, |
| When you locate bass on big creek bends, initial | | | | Gamakatsu, and Mustad make some very good, |
| function them using a jig and pig, next try your | | | | sharp and strong treble hooks. If you ever don't |
| deep crankbaits, then move in and perform your | | | | change out, you may possibly get your heart |
| jigging spoon right over them. The best reel to do | | | | broken. |
| this is a baitcasting reel. Contrary to well-liked | | | | I hope all of you catch your trophy bass this |
| belief, jigging spoons will produce trophy bass. | | | | year. Make sure you practice catch and release |
| They will also catch small bass, however trophy | | | | so your children and grandchildren can possess |
| bass will also hammer a jigging spoon. Here on | | | | exactly the same fantastic bass fishing we now |
| Lake Fork, many 10-pound plus bass are caught | | | | have. If you need to put your fish in a livewell for |
| on jigging spoons. These baits will generate on | | | | a tournament weigh-in, use Catch & Release |
| other lakes as well. If you might be after a | | | | formula and handle just about all bass you plan on |
| trophy bass, you owe it to yourself to master | | | | releasing with care. You'll increase significantly the |
| the use of jigging spoons. | | | | percentage which will survive. |