Hey guys, here's a problem. I live in central Oklahoma and have been skunked the last 6 outings trying to catch bass in water temps from 39 to 45 degrees with no luck. I have heard how bass will clump up together if you find them. The lake I am fishing in is Eufaula (oklahoma) Most of the days the wind has been terrible and the only clear water is upper lake. I have tried 5-10 ft of water when the days have gotten into the 70's (just this last week) for the most part weather has been cold. 30-40 degrees. What is the best teqnique and where should I be looking? there is a good spot that has a deep river channel about 40 yards wide and quickly goes to 10-3 ft flats  some of the river has rock and for the most part will be cloudy with river run off that I have not tried yet, or should I stay on main lake points. If the weather hold the water should be in the 50's soon. Also lots of standing timber everywhere with sandy bottoms. I have not found any grass to speak of on the lake this time of year. Thanks

Try deep points and channel drops. If the water is murky where you're fishing pitch a jig-and-pig tight cover. If the water is clear slow twitch a suspending jerk bait.   Hope this will help you.

That is such a small lake, just fish all the bankline in the first hour then work your way out! ;D ;D  I'm sure you can't find any grass at all.  Didn't it just come up about 8' in the last few weeks?  Only fished it once, but I would hit the north bluffs in Arrowhead (?) with a senko, swimming senko, or bitsy bug type jig.  Then work your way back.

Thanks guys. I went yesterday fished points and major creek channels at the bends and then tried a few coves with deep water 20 ft or more. water temp was 44 and I found one cove that it was 46 with no success. I tried depths from 6-30 ft. I fished cover(rocks and brush) and threw everything I had. fished all of them painstkenly slow with no sucess. the water was muddy and I tried dark and chartruese colors. my bait were swimming spoons, jigs, slow spinners, deep cranks, finess worms, salamanders, worms, and salt crawls. I fished from sun up to sun down. At this point I am really frustrated. I have had such great success this year fishing small tournaments and thought I had this thing figured out. Now I am second guessing.

Have you tried a white 3/8 ounce spinnerbait with one or two Colorado blades?

Give 'em a shot.

Be sure to attach a 3/0 trailer hook.

You can add a blue/black trailer to the spinnerbait if you want to give it some bulk.

Throw to the outside edge of the grass line and parallel the grass line.

Or throw to the bank and reel back towards the boat.

Or just throw it out to submerged structure.

Be sure to run the spinnerbait through the grass or hit a tree or rock to bounce it off.

And let it flutter down like a plastic and then start to reel it in.

Try other weights and colors and depths until the bass tell you what they want.

You may have to aggravate them into taking the bait.

Good luck.