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Early Summer Spotted Bass |
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By June, spotted bass suspend on sharply contrasting bottoms, anywhere from 15 to 60 feet. During this time, you'll find the best success on cloudy days.
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Brushy Wintertime Spotted Bass |
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You can catch spotted bass by fishing points with jigs, grubs and tubes in the winter, especially after a hard freeze is followed by a warming trend.
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Some of the most-productive areas for summertime spotted bass include rocky points, sheer rock bluffs, underwater railroad beds and current pulled through the dam.
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Chilly Weather Spotted Bass |
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In the winter, places that pay the most spotted bass dividends include bridge pilings, and the junctions of creeks channels. Spotted bass always hold around bridge pilings in the colder months. Try these tactics and be sure the following lineup of lures is inside your tacklebox.
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December is a great month to fish for and catch spotted bass. Cool and often-unpredictable weather means spotted bass will be the most-dependable bass this month.
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To catch the biggest spotted bass in September, the best times to fish are from daylight until midmorning.
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Early Spring Spotted Bass |
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March and April are perhaps the best months of the year for catching spotted bass. In early March, the spotted bass will move up from their deep-water haunts and start feeding in the shallows in preparation for the spawn.
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Carolina Rigged Frogs for Spotted Bass |
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During the summer, look for spotted bass on hard, sandy underwater points and hard-clay points in water 8- to 20-feet deep.
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Breaklines and Vegetation for Summertime Spotted Bass |
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To find spotted bass during the summer months, study weather trends. In very hot weather as long as the lake level remains constant, spotted bass will hold on the edges of grassbeds or on the first underwater breaklines extending out from the edges of the grass.
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Preparation and flexibility are two keys to success when bass fishing. Being prepared by checking the weather forecast and prevailing water conditions on the lake, and the seasonal behavior of the bass are first steps. Keeping an open mind by making subtle changes to your lure arsenal is another key to success, once you are on the water.
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Catching Spotted Bass in Winter |
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Bass can be tough to catch in the wintertime, when they vacate shallow water for the vastness of the main lake. Winter is also the time of year when spotted bass can be more dependable than largemouth and smallmouth.
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