Use the slowest-moving baits in your tacklebox, like a jig and pork trailer, for making it through a fast-moving cold front. In clear water, back off from your target area, cast to it, and use a slow retrieve. In stained water, move in closer and flip the jig and trailer combination. In warming conditions, use a plastic worm. In a cool-down, fish the jig and frog. On a fast-moving front, move up to a bush or a treetop, and fish the heart of a tree.

If fishing the day a fast-moving cold front hits, bounce the bait off the fish’s nose, and get it to react instinctively. Or, irritate the bass into biting by thoroughly fishing a particular area. Work the cover to make a fish bite.

If you’re fishing ahead of a slow-moving cold front, and you see the bass feeding on shad, use baits that most imitate the shad, like a swimming, minnow-type plug, a medium-to shallow-running crankbait or spinnerbaits. If bass are chasing shad on shallow flats, fish the buzzbait. When fishing any type of front, spend more time with your bait in the water to catch more bass.