Largemouth bass will seek out different types of structure at different times of the year.
Can you feel it in the air? The bass can. Springtime ushers in changing air temperature, longer days and stronger sun angles, all of which trigger a fish’s instincts to move out of deep winter holes to search for food and the all-important spawning beds. Even right here in the Northeast, many of the biggest bass will be caught between mid-March and May.
Anyone who has fished in the Northeast knows that this time of year can also be very challenging. Weather and water temp have a lot to do with these challenges. For example, a spring cold front can shut down the bite and send fish back to deeper water, frustrating anglers into waiting until the summer pattern takes hold. In order to give you the best chance of catching some big bass this spring, lure selection and target selection is extremely important.
When bass move shallow, they can be easier to catch because you can usually present your lure more effectively in the strike zone, than you can in deep water. The main thing that will help you find where the fish are, is to find where the fish were. Once you identify that, you can start to track their spring movement much more effectively.
Largemouth bass will seek out different types of structure at different times…
