Bass Lures by Seasons

[iiTzChunky]

2 hours ago, frosty said:

Winter around here is when you sit around dreaming up plans to catch the big ones and spending tons of cash on new tackle!

I actually plan on starting to repoury senkos and other soft plastics during the winter months. I'm sure I'll get it all done in a weekend and then cry because I can't fish. 

Was thinking about trying to take a small weekend vacation down south to i can fish somthing but I'm not sure yet. 

[frosty]

2 hours ago, iiTzChunky said:

I actually plan on starting to repoury senkos and other soft plastics during the winter months. I'm sure I'll get it all done in a weekend and then cry because I can't fish. 

Was thinking about trying to take a small weekend vacation down south to i can fish somthing but I'm not sure yet. 

Man, I'd be afraid I wouldn't come back until spring if I left here to go somewhere warm to fish!

[WRB]

How does a bass know human calendar periods of winter, spring, summer and fall? Bass eat year around and have seasonal prey preferences depending on avialible prey sources. You should be selecting lures that have the highest potential to catch bass year around and that differs by seasonal periods, not our seasonal periods, the bass seasonal periods wherever they maybe located.

Tom

[iiTzChunky]

4 hours ago, frosty said:

Man, I'd be afraid I wouldn't come back until spring if I left here to go somewhere warm to fish!

I'd be totally ok with living somewhere I can fish all year round. But I tried that when we went on vacation to myrtle beach, even said everyone could get jobs at Walmart till we get real jobs.... The ol lady didn't go for that 

[frosty]

8 minutes ago, iiTzChunky said:

I'd be totally ok with living somewhere I can fish all year round. But I tried that when we went on vacation to myrtle beach, even said everyone could get jobs at Walmart till we get real jobs.... The ol lady didn't go for that 

I could deal with Minnesota summers and Florida winters, year round shorts weather! Maybe when I hit the lotto 

[An Outdoor Guy]

that actually sounds like a great idea lol it wouldn't cost you a fortune, just gas money and depending if you have family there maybe hotel costs. Or if your a trooper like me make a bed out of the truck bed and have a soft top as your roof and sleep in your truck right on the lake! lol

[frosty]

On July 30, 2016 at 7:40 AM, An Outdoor Guy said:

that actually sounds like a great idea lol it wouldn't cost you a fortune, just gas money and depending if you have family there maybe hotel costs. Or if your a trooper like me make a bed out of the truck bed and have a soft top as your roof and sleep in your truck right on the lake! lol

I can sleep in the back of the truck, but the wife is only going to fall for that once

[Catt]

On 7/24/2016 at 2:55 PM, WRB said:

How does a bass know human calendar periods of winter, spring, summer and fall? Bass eat year around and have seasonal prey preferences depending on avialible prey sources. You should be selecting lures that have the highest potential to catch bass year around and that differs by seasonal periods, not our seasonal periods, the bass seasonal periods wherever they maybe located.

Tom

That is the biggest mistake I see around here!

Bass are predators  they like hunting their prey!

Man is a born hunter...some of us have forgotten how!

[aprestonSEK]

Winter:  hair jigs or finesse jig with pork trailer, jerkbaits, flat sided balsa crank baits, drop shot. 

Spring:  jerkbaits, jigs, spro little johns, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, poppers, drop shot, senko

Summer:  10" Ol' Monster, drop shot, jig, frog, squarebill, chatterbait, spinnerbait, popper, spook

Fall: spinnerbait, chatterbait, crankbait, underspin, jig, spook, popper, flukes

[wnspain]

On 7/24/2016 at 11:26 AM, An Outdoor Guy said:

Wow there are so many different answers here! I love it! I'm definitely going to be trying some different lures throughout the seasons now. Some I would have never even thought of. and really I'm more surprised that there are more people fishing in the winter than I would have thought!

That's mostly them there southern boys, winter to them is like fall to us just 5 deg further N lat. Although we're too far south to ice up, winter fishing is cold and slow for the most part. There are exceptions...

[WRB]

Every bass angler should know what prey the bass are feeding on and to do that you need to study the prey in your area. Bass stomach content is the best source of real time information.

Tom