At my ponds the water temps are finally at 59 degrees and will probably reach 60 degrees today or tomorrow. the bite has pretty much died down from last week and earlier on, late pre spawn has been okay for me, getting most of my bites on texas rigs and lipless cranks but now that the spawn is days away what should I throw to get them to bite before the beds start popping up? 

 

 

Not every fish in the lake is going to spawn on the same day. Here is a pretty simple article describing how bass behave during the spring.

 

https://www.fix.com/blog/bass-fishing-by-season/#:~:text=Bass feed heavily prior to,helps egg development in females.

weightless t-rigged plastics, The speed worm (oh the irony) was working well for me, but a trick worm, stickbait, lizzard or such will work well. 

T rig with lite sinker or no weight lizard. Or floating jerkbait. That’s what has been working for me. 

Just chunk a weightless 5" Senko in there and go to town. 

 

That is always the answer.

Mojo rig with a green pumpkin french fry bait. 

4 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Not every fish in the lake is going to spawn on the same day. Here is a pretty simple article describing how bass behave during the spring.

 

https://www.fix.com/blog/bass-fishing-by-season/#:~:text=Bass feed heavily prior to,helps egg development in females.

But @Sam said they go when dogwood trees bloom ........ just busting your chops buddy! Even though our dogwoods bloomed a month ago and the bass still haven’t spawned 

36 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

But @Sam said they go when dogwood trees bloom ........ just busting your chops buddy! Even though our dogwoods bloomed a month ago and the bass still haven’t spawned 

I thought the dogwoods were blooming one day, then I think the stinking wind blew them all off. LOL

14 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

I thought the dogwoods were blooming one day, then I think the stinking wind blew them all off. LOL

Something keeps giving my pickup truck a nice yellow coating as well , I’m guessing pine. Good thing I don’t have allergies! 
 

weightless worms are indeed great during springtime like mentioned above 

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

Something keeps giving my pickup truck a nice yellow coating as well , I’m guessing pine. Good thing I don’t have allergies! 
 

weightless worms are indeed great during springtime like mentioned above 

I have terrible allergies, pretty sure I near my death bed every spring.

 

I like a speed craw too

2 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Something keeps giving my pickup truck a nice yellow coating as well , I’m guessing pine. Good thing I don’t have allergies! 
 

weightless worms are indeed great during springtime like mentioned above 

Allergies kicked my butt today but I got some fishing in, saw 1 bed with a small bass on it and the fish got spooked easily, 2nd day skunk for me lol. 

1 hour ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

Allergies kicked my butt today but I got some fishing in, saw 1 bed with a small bass on it and the fish got spooked easily, 2nd day skunk for me lol. 

Day 3 should produce!! They can’t resist for too long