I ended up heading out for the first time yesterday with BR member BassNub and his friend here in Michigan. We were fishing a private lake and the water temperature was 45 degrees. We tried a variety of baits but were most successful using jig heads with various types of grub tails. At the end of the day we caught a total 40 bass including this 4 lbs 14 oz. The other ones were pretty small but it was sure fun catching them considering 5 days earlier there was ice accross the lake.

Cool,  8-) nice looking catch there.

Great trip, nice pic!

8-)

Awesome fish.  I'd be thrilled catching a 5 lber any day!

Sweet!  Darn good first outing, I'd say!  Any smallmouth in the mix?

Look out now! thats an awesome catch! ;D

That's pretty awesome! Nice northern fish!

Way to get those cold water bass.  Nice fish!!

Hey thanks guys...The key was to work it slow off the bottom with some light jerks. Surprisingly this one was sitting in 5-7 ft of water. Here's another pic.

we gota do it again!