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Cold Weather Largemouth
When warming fronts come through, the ends of bluffs, main channel points and even the secondary points in coves will produce big bass, particularly when you fish a suspended jerkbait in the shad pattern on 10-pound-test line. Use a chrome jerkbait with blue-black on a bright, sunny day and a brighter colored lure after rain in run-off water. If neither a warm front or a cold front moves through, fish soft and hard jerkbaits over deep water close to shallow water.
Jerkbaits sink slowly down to the lethargic bass suspended in a water column and entice them to bite. In open water, fish a hard jerkbait with treble hooks. However, if the bait’s falling all the way down into the cover, fish a Texas-rigged, soft jerkbait.
Fish shad-colored jerkbaits, or in stained water either a black- or purple-black-colored jerkbait on 10-pound-test line. Use a twitch-twitch-pause rhythm, and sometimes give a three-count before moving the bait.
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