Here in Oklahoma and it got as warm as 74 today.  Been like that all week, with the same pattern up until Friday with a high of 75.  Sat is high of 58 with low of 41, and Sun is high of 55 with low of 37.  The lows for the week are 50-52 and it has been warm the last few weeks like this.

My question is I am fishing Sunday, and was wondering if that would be enough time after Satudays front to get them moving again, or since this is the first real cold weather of the year they will be lock jaw for a few days?

In general I have found that when a cold front hits it takes about 3 days for the fish to adjust and become somewhat active. Deep water fish and fish that hold up in creeks or running water are less effected than shallow lake fish. The key is the shad. If you find the shad you will find the fish. You might need to reaction fish to get them to bite depending on how bad the front is but as the water gets colder and the temp become more flat line the fish will turn on. River fish tend to adjust the fastest. Northern fish tend to be less effected and Florida strain bass tends to be the most effected by cold fronts.

I will also add that bass positioned on flats will be held up in small pods and the pods will be scattered. In topped out vegetation the fish will be held in groups on a specific key areas within the weed growth. In deep water you will find them staging on the edge of the drop or on some form of structure or if it is a brush pile they will be in it not around it. For the most part the river fish will be suspended around logs on the edge of the channel or in vegetation or tree tops if available.

A post frontal condition does not mean bass will not bite if the angler knows where to look and what to throw. Target the primary points of the mouths of feeder creeks, outside bends of creeks, and creek intersections with lures capable of reaching suspended bass. Another key area will be deep grass beds with cuts and troughs running it; attack this area with heavy jig-n-craws.

Here are some notes I am making on a lake in Oklahoma

Fish will be biting until the front gets real bad fall fronts are not as bad as fronts in the spring. Smaller fall fronts can turn on the fish. When the front hits the fish that where on the flats will push into the creek channels. Bass like to be near that deep water mainly it pushes them into the heavy cover where ever they can find it. Bass like to get into a blaket of cover and wait for conditions to change. This was said by Denny Brauer at the time he was fishing a feeder creek on Skiatook Lake with a jig

The problem we bass fisherman face with fall cold fronts is high winds. The deeper outside bass are not affected very much by frontal conditions, the shallower shoreline cover bass can be, depending on the depth they are in.

Wind makes if difficult to control the boat effectively, especially out in open water areas. If you are a good deep water structure fisherman, the cold front shouldn't be too much of an issue. If you are a shallow water cover fisherman, then you may need to use heavier cover presentations.

Bass will eat regardless of the frontal conditions, keep that in mind and go fishing and be safe and warm.

WRB

Assuming that the cold-front has impacted the water temperature,

adverse reaction will last substantially longer in Florida-strain largemouth bass.

Conversely, northern-strain are more adversely affected by summer hot spells.

Roger