SPOTTED BASS Spotted bass congregate in large schools in the open waters of large impoundments. Look for spotted bass around boat docks and holding around isolated offshore cover...Read More View All Spotted Bass Tips

 

Use a Carolina-rigged floating frog, so it floats up above the sinker. Since spotted bass eat frogs when they're in the grass or find frogs on points, the frog is a natural bait for spots. A Carolina-rigged frog in 8- to 20-feet of water will turn on the spotted-bass bite.

When Carolina rigging, use 20-pound-test line for the main line. Put a 3/4-ounce bullet sinker up the line, a barrel swivel below the sinker and 18 inches of 10- or 14-pound-test line as a leader from the barrel swivel to the hook and the frog.

Fish this rig on upriver points where there's a lot of current or on shallow points downriver. Drag the frog on the bottom. The only way you can fish this bait wrong is to fish it too fast. The spotted bass will annihilate the frog. They'll hit it hard and fast, and often they'll nearly knock your rod out of your hand. Set the hook the instant you feel the spotted bass bite, or else the spot will swallow the bait deep down into its mouth.

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