Cold weather retrieves and best lures

[Bankfisher22]

So... the first cold front has hit in south texas, and I wanted to know what kind of retrieves are best for cold weather and also what the largemouth seem to be hitting the best. Should I use suspending jerkbaits/crankbaits, a-rigs, swimbaits or jigs. 

 

Planning on going fishing soon and would just like to have better odds. Thank in advance for the help.

[shovelmouth83]

my best is a 1/2 oz chrome trap and a 6.3 slow retrive and maybe a stop with some rise and fall action.

 

[TnRiver46]

Yo yo a blade bait or a jogging spoon. Or crawl a soft plastic as slow as possible 

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Do the southern Tx bass go to a funk with the first bit of cold? Water temp can't be that cold yet, can it? Spinnerbaits, cranks, and flukes are doing it here in MD.

[Bankfisher22]

4 hours ago, reason said:

Do the southern Tx bass go to a funk with the first bit of cold? Water temp can't be that cold yet, can it? Spinnerbaits, cranks, and flukes are doing it here in MD.

I wouldn't know about that since I'm new to bass fishing, but we have had a couple of nights with 50 degree weather while raining in my area. Would that cause the temperature in the water to drop or would it still be considered summer bass fishing? Because the bite has gotten tuff since it started raining and now with this cold front..... 

[Bluebasser86]

The water temps are what is important, not the air temps. 50 degree nights most likely haven't drastically dropped your water temps but have more likely started your late summer/early fall pattern when bass scatter around from the deepest water to a foot of water and everywhere in between. This makes patterning fish difficult because they'll be so spread out. It's a good time to tie on a moving bait and just cover water looking for a few active fish. 

[Bankfisher22]

2 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

The water temps are what is important, not the air temps. 50 degree nights most likely haven't drastically dropped your water temps but have more likely started your late summer/early fall pattern when bass scatter around from the deepest water to a foot of water and everywhere in between. This makes patterning fish difficult because they'll be so spread out. It's a good time to tie on a moving bait and just cover water looking for a few active fish. 

Oh ok.. I thought the cold rain and nights had changed the water temperature. So then it's still kinda the same as summer fishing?! Cuz I went before the cold front started but it had already been raining and it made the waters kinda dirty in the ponds and more turbid in the main lake and I had been using the same lures as I was in the summer before all the rain started but I had no luck with that.

[Bluebasser86]

32 minutes ago, Bankfisher22 said:

Oh ok.. I thought the cold rain and nights had changed the water temperature. So then it's still kinda the same as summer fishing?! Cuz I went before the cold front started but it had already been raining and it made the waters kinda dirty in the ponds and more turbid in the main lake and I had been using the same lures as I was in the summer before all the rain started but I had no luck with that.

It will have changed the water temps for sure, but most likely not a really drastic change. Those few degrees are going to be enough to trigger some fish to start moving though. That's the issue you're dealing with. Some fish are moving, some are staying put, some are going to be already at the fall locations. When you spread the fish all throughout a body of water, it makes finding and catching them much more difficult. 

[Paul Roberts]

You might be getting a bit ahead of things. I find a period in early to mid-fall where they simply need speed. Its easy to think, "Water's cooling, I better slow down." Uh uh. First, try picking up your speed, and I mean burning. If that isn't going to work, you'll know pretty quick. When it does work, and it is a good fall pattern for me, you also know pretty quick!

[bagofdonuts]

i usually do the best after the second good cold front. cold water sinks and drives the shad onto shallow flats. at that time i'm still fishing relatively fast...spinner baits, swim jigs, buzz baits, square bills all in shad colors around vegetation is the key here. look for schooling bait fish and the bass usually show themselves crashing the bait. when the water temps cool significantly a slow rolled spinner bait or chatter bait is hard to beat. i don't really get a true jerk bait bite till mid winter.