I think of buzzbaits as only a summer lure. Is this a mistake? My water temp gets to 65 in the spring. Is this too cold to throw a buzz? Thanks

They'll catch huge fish in surprisingly cold water, not just during the summer time. 

My uncle and I were fishing in a pond. It was cold , dont remember the month. He was throwing a buzzbait and I thought it was way to cold for one. I was wrong .

There are times which are best but I learned last year that there is no wrong time for topwater.  Including a buzz bait.  

It may depend on your location in the country, but around here, I don't have any confidence on topwater in the early spring. However, I do amazing with buzzbaits in the fall whenever the water falls in the 58-65* range. And by buzzbaits, I mean Cavitrons. 

Buzz baits are often used to locate female bass cruising spawning areas.

Tom

Buzz baits are often used to locate female bass cruising spawning areas.

Tom

Yup, this is the way they were marketed in the late 70's by Lunker..

 

I tried it here ~ Pretty Slow day.

 

 

A-Jay

I tried it here ~ Pretty Slow day.

A-Jay

Lol! Buzz bait not working out for ya I see!

When the water hits 52 degrees I will throw the buzzbait sloooooowly in very shallow water -usually 2 feet or less I have gotten some very big fish in spring on them -Remember slooooowly and in very shallow water--In the fall I have gotten them in 45 degree water .BRRRR

Green trout, you have a lot rules in your fishing. One thing I've found, there's no hard fast rules.

I've seen huge smallies eat buzzbaits in 50 degree water in October.  Vermont October, that's like February in Texas.

I think of buzzbaits as only a summer lure Is this a mistake? My water temp gets to 65 in the spring. Is this too cold to throw a buzz? Thanks

 

Usually, when you lead with a question like : "Is This A Mistake"?, the replies

tend to defend all possibilities, rather than pinpoint the best possibilities.

Just about any lure can be fished year-round, but the idea is to stick to the highest percentages.

 

Here in Florida, unless I hear a bass break the surface, I don't spend too much time with buzzbaits

until water temperatures reach 75-deg. In 65-deg water, your percentages are probably higher

with other lures like jerkbaits, jigs and swimbaits. 

 

Roger

I caught one in cold rain in the early winter on a buzzbait. It can be done.

Usually, when you lead with a question like : "Is This A Mistake"?, the replies

tend to defend all possibilities, rather than pinpoint the best possibilities.

 

 

There might be better choices when the water is cold.

You better be using a Cavitron cause that's the slowest rolling buzzbait on the market!

Bobby would never sell out.

A good side by side double buzzer can be run slower than a single buzzer. You will never know what those green fish hit until you give it a try. Buzzers are good when the bait up, no doubt...sometime bass eat what they want. For example I have have good luck using a black-bone Pompadour, it buzzes and can stop, go and stay on the surface.

Tom

Can't catch fish on them unless you throw them.  I wouldn't throw them in water cooler the 59 where I'm located, but then above that temp the fish start moving up and getting shallow.  My biggest fish so far this year was caught on a popper in the middle of Febuary on a bright sunny cloudless day.  Like stated above, there are no hard rules when it comes to fishing, just guidelines. So when the water gets warm enough for those fish around you to move up, try one out and see what happens.  

I've caught both largemouth and smallies as early as the first week in April up here when water temps. climbed quickly in only a few days, but they don't become a regular on my boat's deck until post spawn.  A good time to first try them out is when you get results burning a colorado spinnerbait just under the surface. Let it break water occasionally during the retrieve, if you get positive results it's time to tie on a buzzer.

I've had a largemouth jump out of the water and miss one in 50 degrees.

I find that your feedback and opinions will vary depending on the area. Out here a lot more fisherman swear by sticks baits when talking about topwater. This doesn't mean that they won't work, just means less people have taken the time to zero-in on the correct presentation for them. I bet you can find a way to fish any bait in any season with success. Ask Doug Stange or Al Lindner. Those guys could catch fish with cement on a hook if they had to.

Green trout, you have a lot rules in your fishing. One thing I've found, there's no hard fast rules.

For me buzzbaits work better in November and December than in March. I can remember one day in particular we were catching buzzbait bass during an early snow .