Finally seeing some fish

[TnRiver46]

I’ve never really seen many bass on a bed except in ponds and shallow rivers. This year I’ve been seeing bunches, either the conditions are right this year or maybe I’m just getting better at finding them. In a total twist of irony, there is a bed right next to my dock! Complete with both a male and female bass! I think the female is 2-3 lbs and the male is about 1. My buddy tried to catch them for 2-3 minutes, they weren’t having it haha. I think we would have tried a little harder if it was 7 lbs.......

[scaleface]

Do you know the water temp   ? 

[TnRiver46]

74 I think is what we saw yesterday. I have been seeing them since it got to about 65

[Paul Roberts]

One can definitely get better at seeing them, but visibility conditions make a big difference. I see the pale bed in your photo. Interestingly, in my waters, bed size is often indicative of male size, usually about 1.5X the males length, depending on how zealous he is at clearing.

[WRB]

Try 20 to 30 minutes!

Tom

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Try 20 to 30 minutes!

Tom

I can’t!! Haha. Lots of people catch a 15-20 lb limit in half an hour so I cant make myself fool with a 2 lb bass for that long 

[WRB]

Bed fish take time.

Tom

[papajoe222]

I'm still waiting for the first wave of fish movement here. The water temp has been holding right around 56 for a couple of weeks now and that's surface temp. It seems as though they are willing to sit in their deep, winter spots regardless of what the calendar says.  How about sending some of that warmer water up this way and come late July and August, I'll send some of our cooler water down by you?

[TnRiver46]

1 minute ago, papajoe222 said:

I'm still waiting for the first wave of fish movement here. The water temp has been holding right around 56 for a couple of weeks now and that's surface temp. It seems as though they are willing to sit in their deep, winter spots regardless of what the calendar says.  How about sending some of that warmer water up this way and come late July and August, I'll send some of out cooler water down by you?+

Deal! I looooove catching them out of their deep winter spots

[BassNJake]

16 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Deal! I looooove catching them out of their deep winter spots

This weekend I found a couple good schools out on the ledges in 20- 25 feet

Some of the first spawners have made the way back to deep water