Cold Water Fishing

[bigdawg69]

I am going to be fishing a Tournement in South Eastern Ohio April 7th and have never bass fished in Cold Water any suggestion.....

[fishin_fool]

dROP SHOT A VENOM SALTY STICK 3INCH, JIG AND PIG, OR A TUBE

[5bass]

Find a good point(slow taper with big drop off into the channel) and throw a carolina rig until you find them.

OR

Find some rock bluff banks that have deep water on them and throw your jig and pig.

OR

Throw a crankbait that will run at the depth the fish are holding and reel it SLOW....

[coldsteel]

im good at cold water....what i would do is similar to what FBL said, I would take a carolina rig with probably a purple/white worm and throw it on bluffs as FBL said, or take a texas rig and throw it in coves where warmer water is, around stumps and grass edges.

[squid]

Just about anything you throw, you will want to slow it down....but with it being close to spawn, start out with some big plastics and big wobbly crank baits too.... ;D

[bigdawg69]

Awesome I will definetly put all of your advice to practice....I'll let you know how I do

[Bass_junky]

Cold Water above 50 deg or below?  I am fond of jerkbaits & plastics when water is approx. 48-52 deg.  in the N.W.  

My only advice is to remember the bass will be moving back and forth from approx. 12-15ft of water up to the coves.  Find the trenches using your electronics and follow them (casting of course)up to the coves/bays.  The most important factor I have found is the time of the day the bass decide to move up.  You can fish a spot for two hours not catch the first one.  When the temp's are right the bass will move up then back to the depths.  So hit a spot several times a day if you think they will be there.  Also remember when water temp's reach 50 deg's the crawdads expose themselves.  Try crawdad colors.