Apr 18, 2025 · Tackling the Post-Spawn. After the bass spawn, they are tired and hungry but can also be a little temperamental. This is why many anglers refer to this time as the “post-spawn …

May 17, 2025 · Soft plastics, Texas-rigged soft plastics. I like to use a Rage Bug. It's got the profile of a bluegill. Bluegills are nest raiders and, you know, the bass instinctively will attack those …

Apr 23, 2024 · When the bass spawn is on, shiny spots dot the shallows of a lake. The shiny spots become critical targets for presenting lures to spawning bass. When selecting lures for …

May 30, 2014 · It’s target fishing. He also fishes stumps, rocks, and docks. He might go into a pocket to fish one target. Doing so has resulted in Lester catching big, pre-spawn bass …

Apr 16, 2023 · Post-spawn bass move to the nearest deep-water cover after recuperating and guarding fry in the shallows. Bassmaster Opens EQ angler Shane Lineberger catches them …

Jun 26, 2014 · All of our major catfish species spawn during spring or summer when the water warms to an optimal temperature. Channel and blue catfish spawn at 70 to 84 degrees, but 80 …

Mar 18, 2006 · the pond i have has a few big channel cats in it, but there just isnt any good habitat for them to spawn in. i was wondering if i created some sort of hollow object if they would …

Mar 22, 2016 · My last trip to Bull (yesterday) , found the largemouth and spotted bass in the warmest water I could find. 57 degrees, late afternoon/early eve, in the back of a cove with …

May 20, 2009 · Where smallmouth spawn. Smallie nests in Bull Shoals Lake were always at least 30 to 100 feet apart. However in a local 0.3 acre Ohio pond where smallies annually spawn, …

Aug 3, 1995 · Smallmouths will spawn in water 3-15 feet deep. Generally speaking, the bigger the bass, the deeper the water and the earlier they will spawn. After the spawn, some …