Don’t stick to soft-plastic lures in spring. Hard baits also play an important role, creating efficiency that often leads to more and bigger bass.

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/spring-hard-baits.html

Thanks. But it felt like Summer last night on the lake at 10pm as I was sweating. 

It's still spring.  In fact, I was just in SC this week (lake Hartwell) catching bass off beds.  Air temps didn't get much over 72 this whole week.  So if the bass are definitely in spawn/post-spawn mode in SC/Georgia, then they're still in prespawn/spawn in northern climates.

 

 

 

 

We're pre-spawn still in Maine. Great article, Glenn.