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OK so here in Iowa, Yesterdays weather was 59 degrees with a lot of wind, today the weather has dropped 10 degrees with a high of 49 today, winds are still strong today. Now if I was to fish today what would you expect to be high percentage baits? I would assume a faster moving hard bait would still be better than a worm or something slow because of the strong winds, so what I was thinking was something like a heavier lipless hopped off the bottom or a slow rolled swimbait..

 

Anyways how would you approach, your techniques in these conditions?

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The water temp won't have changed in that short of a time, so I'd start there.  I'm guessing you're around 50 or so?  A cold front in chilly water when the fish haven't really moved up yet would have me looking at transition areas.  This time of year the fish are somewhere between their winter spots and the spawning areas.  The shallows may have cooled a bit so the fish pulled back a little.  I'd start on the deeper end of the transition areas (steeper dropoffs that border spawning flats and deeper water) in that 10-12' range and go from there.  A lipless isn't a bad shout and might get some reaction bites.  I always have a chatterbait tied on this time of year for similar reasons.  Both can be fished in 15' and in 3' so you can start in one area and just keep following the fish's path.  If they are turned off you might need to swap to a jerkbait or drag a jig.

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I'd probably start off with whatever was working before, if that's an option.  I find that usually whatever was working before the weather change has a better chance of working that something new based solely on the weather change.  

I live in central Oklahoma, and it's always windy.  And one thing I've learned about wind is that it's not often the most important factor to consider.  Keep it in mind, of course.  But don't assume that just because it's windy doesn't mean the fish don't want a slow dragged soft plastic.  Especially if a cold front just passed through.  A lot of the weather changes we experience affect us, living the in air, a lot more than the fish, living in the water, so we tend to overinflate their significance.  

 

I would give your faster moving hard baits a try for half an hour or so, and if you don't get any bites, try something completely different.  Fish for the wind, then try fishing for the cold front.  Let the fish tell you what they want, because they're stubborn and will frequently ignore what you try to tell them.  

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The water temps will drop if high winds mix the water column.

The bass could be pre spawn and with dropping temps will stay put or move deeper depth and deeper into cover.

Tie on a jig.

Tom

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I live in Northwest Iowa...our water temps here are mid to high 40s from what I've seen. My best baits so far have been ned rigs and vmc rugby heads hopped slowly off bottom. A jerk bait fished over brush has potential as well.

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I'd be pitching a t-rig into brush or timber.  Start shallow and work your way deeper until you find the bass.

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On 4/25/2022 at 11:46 AM, WRB said:

The water temps will drop if high winds mix the water column.

The bass could be pre spawn and with dropping temps will stay put or move deeper depth and deeper into cover.

Tie on a jig.

Tom

 

This excellent advice, that has been given before, put me on fish today.  Bass had dropped back from the flats and were willing hair jig eaters today on a cold and windy day.

 

scott

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