Here in maryland we get a good amount of snow but, I still want to go fishing. And we jsut go about 5 inches and tommorow i plan on going to a big lake near my house and just wandering if you guys have any advice on bass fishing in the winter?

Thanks

 Brandon  

Welcome aboard!

You might want to spend some time in the BassResource.com Library,

"Fishing Articles" at the top of the page. Here's the "Winter" section:

http://bassresource.com/fishing/seasonal.html#winter

Good luck!

8-)

A jig n pig is my absolute go to in cold water. Slow crawl it over, on, beside everybit of structure you can find. Ditch lines seem to produce well for me too.Black and blue is my favorite but thats just me. Hope this helps a bit and good luck.

Welcome to the forum.

Richmond escape the snow.  We now have a light snow cover on the grass. It is in the 20s now with little hope of getting into the mid 30s so I stay home today.

As for fishing this winter, may I suggest checking out the articles on this site and also consider visiting some of the pros' web sites, like Woo Daves and Ike for examples.

First, look for the "warmer" water, if any.  The north shore usually gets more sun and warms up faster unless there has been some wind which has negated the warm water by blowing it

Coves heat up faster than the main body of water so you may want to hit a few coves, too.

If you are going to have an overcast day, then green pumpkin should work for any plastics you throw.  You can dip the worm's tail in either JJ's or Spike-It chartruse or use a worm with a chartruse colored tail.  Fish the worm slow. The slower the better.

Yes, the jig and pig can work well; as long as you fish it slow.

The strike zone will very small.  Very, very small.  Very, very, very small.  The bass may not want to travel far for a snack so you will have to throw many times to the same spot if you think the fish are holding in the area.  In fact, you may have to aggravate them into hitting your lure.

And they will be deep.  So you may want to fish the area by the dam, which are usually the deepest parts of a lake.  Or by rocks that can heat up and retain some heat.

If you boat has sonar look for holes, humps, drop offs and structure on the bottom.  You may want to fish "verticle" with a jig and pig or a spoon.

Do you know how to rig a drop shot rig?  You may want to use that rig as it puts the bait one or two feet off the bottom and (maybe) in their faces.

And you want a s-l-o-w fall.  So don't over weight your baits.

Good luck and let us know 1) how you do; and 2) did you catch a cold? ;D

Welcome Aboard!!

First thing you do is put your long johns on,......go buy an auger...... : ;D