In Your Experience, When Are Bass Most Active In Taking The Bait

[Coosa]

Time of year? Time of day? Lure? Tempterature?

[logan9209]

For me and my short experience, I would say all through out the whole spawning period. The early hours of the day (first 4-5 hours starting at sunrise) and the last couple of hours at sunset. Not sure about water temperature, but air temperature between 60's and mid 80's. Bottom dwellers like soft plastic worms and lizards have seen the most activity with me. I am sure that most of fall will be good because the waters are cooler and the bass are stocking up for winter.

Keep in mind I only have 7 months experience and I am bank bound. The most, by myself, that I've caught in a day is 7-9. The average for me sits between 1-4 caught. To make matters worse the average weight is 2 pounds and less. Lately less than half a pound.

[logan9209]

Oh, I left out Spooks and Poppers. Those days that I caught 7-9 bass I started out with either a Spook or a popper. I can rack up 5 bass in an hour. Man I miss my Spook. I need to replace it, but I keep forgetting and I end up buying something else.

[sean_steiner]

Unless its the dog days of summer on a lake, I'd say pretty much anytime during the day as long as they havent been fished earlier. Winter of course is out for bass. When it is in the thick of summer, or even during the spring in fall, nighttime is a great time, as the big females come close to shore to feed. In rivers, just as long as it isn't winter you can catch bass throughout the day.

[tholmes]

Post-spawn and mid to late fall have been my most productive times. The time of day depends a lot on the season. Midday (10:00 A.M. 'til 2:00 P.M.) with crankbaits and jerkbaits in the cooler months, early morning and late evening/night in the heat of summer with topwaters and spinnerbaits. T-rigged plastics and jigs pretty much anytime.

Tom

[Missouribassman95]

Early spring forsure!!

[bassman1997]

from start of june to mid september and about 1 hour before sundown

[jdw174]

Spring thru fall, it's from "light enough to see" until the sun smacks the water. Love topwaters then, along with lipless cranks.