Could you help me out with Bass patterns?? These questions pertain to water temperature, time or the year, or day, and weather.

-When are they feeding on Craw fish??

-What are the Craw fish color changes?

-When do Bass seem to not be feeding??

Thanks for the help!!

click on "fishing articles" at the top of the page.  you'll be amazed at the great info you can find there.  answers to your questions and then some.

-When are they feeding on Craw fish?? When they are hungry!

-What are the Craw fish color changes? Black with blues, browns, oranges, purples, & greens!

-When do Bass seem to not be feeding?? When they get full!

Y'all come back now hear  

So are you enjoying the ice and snow up there in Minnesota?  Be safe and have a nice Christmas and we hope you get a lot of Loomis rods and Shimano reels.

What Catt said is totally correct.  

Bass like to snack on crawfish, bluegills and shad.  Of course, they will hit snakes, mice, frogs and other fish like minnows, perch, small catfish and, as you know from living by the Great Lakes, gobies.

I support Hawg Caller's suggestion to read about seasonal patterns on this forum. But you need to do some additional reading and studying over the winter to learn about your advesary and their patterns.

Check out the various pro's web sites, such as Bill Dance, Woo Daves, Ike and Bassin USA, etc.  Just Google "bass fishing" and "bass fishing seasonal patterns" and see what you can find.

There are some great books you can read that discuss seasonal patterns so check them out at your local tackle shop and book stores.

Here is a list of suggested books to read. They hold a lot of information that you can use to your advantage:

The Bass Angler's Almanac by John Weiss

Smallmouth Bass, An In-Fisherman Handbook of Strategies

Largemouth Bass, An In-Fisherman Handbook of Strategies

Bass Wisdom by Homer Circle (the bible on bass fishing)

Knowing Bass, The Scientific Approach to Catching More Fish by Dr. Keith Jones (great scientific book that you can use for school papers!)

Any publications by Kevin VanDam, Don Iovino and Denny Brauer.

DVDs and Videos include

Jimmys Best Ever by Jimmy Houston

Ike's Rules for Better Bass Fishing by Mike Iaconelli

Anything Kevin VanDam

Bigmouth, Bigmouth Forever and The Feeding Habits of Bass, all by Glen Lau.  The basic videos for all bass fishermen. Order via:

Wet & Wild Images

P.O. Box 480

Silver Springs, Florida 34489

800.661.4286

So get your tackle polished and organized while you watch the snow and ice fall; read some bass books; see some DVDs and videos; and do your homework to get good grades and go to school in Florida where you can fish all year and never see snow!

And learn to spell crawfish.  It is one word.