Fishing a cold front is difficult anywhere, seems especially bad if the bass are Florida strain.  Here's my method:  Idle slowly into the parking lot of Long John Silvers, slip quietly into the door trolling a $10 bill.  You'll get your fish, no problem.

Why does everyone slow down? :-?

Fish faster...If the front has brought on clouds (we can get front after front up here) I will fish spinnerbaits and traps until my arms fall off. There is no need to try to force feed them small plastics so just cover as much water as possible looking for reaction bites and fish that are feeding.By covering more water you will come across more fish that are feeding and you give yourself better odds by putting your bait infront of more and different fish than if you were pounding a single area for hours on end with the small and slow presentation.

If the front brings blue bird skies I will flip every piece of cover that provides shade in the lake. I seriously put my trolling motor on about 50 and just throw a jig at everything. If it doesn't get it on the drop burn it back in and look at the next spot.

I win most of my tournaments in early spring or fall when we start to get front after front. It is actually what I consider to be one of my biggest strengths. So while others are trying to finesse and force feed them small slow moving baits I'm all about reaction baits and power fishing. It goes against logic to me to fish in a way where the odds are against you.

Scale down, slow down, fish tight

This can be one of the biggest mistakes anglers will make concerning post frontal conditions!

We must consider the weather prior to the frontal passage, severity of the front, duration of the front. Sudden rapid changes in weather over night or for periods of less than 24 hours can quite often have more of an effect on the angler than on the bass.

... can quite often have more of an effect on the angler than on the bass.

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Long Island and Catt...I understand you. I assumed that I had already located fish and just had to catch them, not find them. I'm sticking to my guns...BUT...I will try your approach in the future. Can't hurt to learn!

TJ

A red DuPont stickbait with a 10" leader.

where can you get these dupont stickbaits?

I like to cover as much water as I can with a rouge or trap and if that's not working I'll pitch a jig around cover, but I'll bulk up a jig with a large plastic and give it a large profile so when I get a bite its usually what I'm looking for.  I look for the quality bite during cold fronts.      

Shakey head or an Eakins jig - low and slow

live crayfish

After a cold front, I have 3 things tied on....

Spro Aruku Shad (lipless crankbait) - burn that thing like a wild indian over shallow cover and for suspended fish on the first break from a feeding flat.

1/2oz Spro Jig.  I flip it into the nastiest shoreline cover I can find.  Like others have said...not close to it, but into it. 

1/8oz Shaky head.  I like to go back through some of the areas I caught fish and try and get an extra bite by shaking that rig around em for awhile.

Lipless cranks, Senkos and Trick Worms.

My best (and favorite) cold front technique is a Shaw Grigsby Craw with a split shot.

1/2 oz jig with a paca trailer worked sloooow. Color depends on water clarity.

After a cold front, I have 3 things tied on....

Spro Aruku Shad (lipless crankbait) - burn that thing like a wild indian over shallow cover and for suspended fish on the first break from a feeding flat.

1/2oz Spro Jig. I flip it into the nastiest shoreline cover I can find. Like others have said...not close to it, but into it.

1/8oz Shaky head. I like to go back through some of the areas I caught fish and try and get an extra bite by shaking that rig around em for awhile.

You sure it's not one of those AT jigs I sent ya.

I like a little berkley powerbait minnow on a 1/8oz drop shot and work it SLOW.

Thats been the ticket here lately.

Try live bait