im fishing an area withc has plenty of weeds and plenty of rocks beds, sounds good for bass eh? well mabey im doing somtin wrong. its usually mid 30's in the morning and gets to the low 60's by noon. it is cold, muddy water. ive tried it all, earth worms, minnows, senkos, slow and fast spinnerbait reeling, deep cranks, shallow cranks, shakey rigging, wacky rigging, drop shot, texas rigging, weightless worms, Jitterbugs, topwater.

is it too early? the water is pretty cold so i slowed everything down to a crawl. umm any suggestions before i flip any more?

anything is appreaciated.

What is the water temp?

jigs, try some black/blue jigs going REALLLLLY slow...

if its really that bad just save yourself the frustration and wait till it warms up.

the water tempeture is freezing, there was probly 60-70 square yards of ice in the marina 2 days ago. but it rained and pretty much melted everything. Not sure of the exact water temperature but if i had to take a guess, low 30's

SCUBA, a dry suit, and a spear gun might be your only solution with the water that cold.

lol to popeyes post

I'm gonna say a lucky craft pointer fishing extremely slow or a lipless crankbait at the slowest you can go without catching weeds. preferably at a dropoff or a point

If it's smallmouth you're targeting I would say a tube worked real slow

Andrew where you from? I'm from 27 and Romeo Plank. Where you got open water??? Im pulling my hair out! Anyway, you aren't going to catch too much right now, its still too cold. After today and tomorrow it should warm up to a workable level.

i live in Clinton TWP i fish at Metro beach.

I would try a texas rigged craw on rocky banks with steep drop offs.  I dont know how well that would work for you but its working here in PA.

if you think your are going slow enough slow down even more and if you think thats slow enough go even slower then dead stick...  :-?

Bigdog, love your avatar.

One spring day while it was still colder i must have made over 1,000 casts at my favorite spot for nothing. Then my son brings home a humminbird portable fish finder so we go right out to that same spot and the fish finder shows nothing is there over the whole place. I guess i'm fishing too early.

I been told the bass are at the north end of the body of water because thats were it gets the most sun so its warmer.

I'm jones'n to go fishing as we speak too. I can't wait to make a few casts. I may go out tomorrow just to wet my line and checkout my tackle.