Spawning Bass Location Made Simple

All right guys, let's talk about four spawning bass hot spots, places where you're going to find them and they're going to stack up in there.

Let's start with docks. Docks the the best docks to fish during the spawn are the ones with pilings because the pilings that means the bottom is really hard and it's got a lot of rocks and gravel in there and that's what the bass want when they spawn or good hard bottom so dock pilings, perfect spot but. Get a little bit more in detail there. You want the ones that get the most amount of sun during the day. Because that's what they need for a successful spawn.

Now, earlier in the spawn, when the temps are in the mid 50s, you're going to get a first wave of spawners that come in. Those are typically the bigger fish. They're going to spawn in deeper water. So you want the docks that are out and you know the ends of the docks are like 10 feet or more in deeper water. Those are the areas I would target early in the spring, you know, mid pre spawn if you will.

The main spawn happens in the temperatures in the low 60s, but there's this first wave. Not as many. Fast. But they're the big ones. The thing about fishing those is it's hard to get a bait down that deep, right on the bed or right near the bed because they're, you know, right up against the piling. Trust me, I've tried tubes and other baits and they kind of zigzag and they go down, they land away from the bed and it's really hard to target them.

But there's two main ways to do it that I found successful. One is using a football jig and I just put a little grub on the end of it and the football jig just it'll fall straight down. You got to give it a lot of slack line. A lot of times I do this on a spinning rod because I can control the line going a lot easier than a bait casting. Let it go straight on down and land on the bed. I usually use a white grub or something. Right, because when it's down that deep, it's hard to see if the bass has picked it up or not. So a bright lure.

Another one to use is the free rig, because the free rig that that bait is going to fall straight on down and you just freeline it, let that bait get down there. Once it does tighten up the line, you can scoot that bait wherever it lands. You can scoot it towards the bed, which is a really cool presentation that typically those bass haven't seen that presentation. I've caught some really big fish and 15 feet of water doing that, so give it a shot guys. They're. Works really well now as the temperatures warm up and when you get the main spawn going on.

Yeah the dock piling is pretty much any depth would work, but I would look at that 8 foot zone out there in a 6 to 8 foot on the ends of the docks. Look for the pilings there and it wouldn't be unusual to find another bed. Really shallow, like in 2 feet of water on the same dock.

Now, they're not going to be at every piling because here's the thing about largemouth bass. I don't know what it is, but they don't like to be in Direct Line of sight when they build a bed. And maybe it's a privacy thing, I don't know, But they just don't like to see each other. So, you know, one at the one end of the dock and one of the very far end of the other end of the dock on the opposite side. Typically they're not going to see each other. So that is feasible. But if it's a smaller dock, you probably just find one. One bed on one dock.

Now other types of wood. Lay downs and stumps work really well. Stumps, yeah. Bass will go right up against the stump. They'll fish, you know, they'll, they'll spawn right there. Sometimes you got the root ball that's exposed and they can get up, hide underneath the roots. Really good place for them to go and hide from predators. Sometimes they'll even spawn right on top of a a stump. I've seen them do that before. That's a little bit exposed, but I've seen them do that. So, you know, be aware of that and pay attention to it. You might find one or two on top of a stump.

Lay downs are another. Thing that they would they like to get right up against that log, if it's laying down on the water, they'll get right up against it. Build a nest there. Now here's the thing if it's a big log. It's not unusual to see a bass on one side of the log and another bass on the other side of the log. Again, they can't see each other. So on the bigger ones, hey, if you catch it on one side, look on the other side you might find another one along there. If it's a smaller log, smaller diameter, you might not find one, but just one.

One other thing to pay attention to is I, one time I caught a there was a lay down that it stuck way out and it was a steep slope and it actually laid out horizontally. It was only about 2-3 feet under the water, but it. The the far end was hanging out over 20 foot of water. Well, the bass was spawning on top of the log and over 20 foot of water. To him it didn't matter. He was still 2-3 feet deep under underwater so. Pay attention to that kind of stuff. You never know, might you might find some interesting things.

Let's move on. Let's talk about weeds. Now weeds, here's the thing, you need to know your weeds. There's some weeds that grow and really love to be in soft muddy bottoms and other kind of weeds that like to be on hard bottoms. And then there's some that will flourish in both. This is important because again, you're looking for those hard solid bottoms. That's what the bass like do you spawn on.

So reeds, pencil reeds, cattails, those type of things the bass like to spawn in in those areas because that's where you know those reeds like to grow in those hard bottom areas. So if I'm at a lake that I haven't fished before and it's about the spawning time, I look for reeds and that's the first thing I'm going to go to. And typically you're going to find embedding there, or at least in pre spawn.

Other weeds, Lily pads can can be productive. Lily pads will grow both in soft bottom and in hard bottom. So typically a little bit more softer is what Lily pads like, but you can find bass along those, especially if there's a dock in the middle of that that gives you an idea. It's a bit of a harder bottom. So Lily pads with docks mixed in, that's usually a good area to look for Hydrilla milfoil. If I'm fishing those for the spawn, I'm looking for holes in the middle of it.

If there's a hole somewhere, that's usually a harder spot, might be a boulder in there or just a harder bottom. But those openings in there, it provides some protection. That would be a good area to, you know, look for those things and there might be a bed right in there, maybe someone sunk some tires in there or something like that. But watch for those type of things, those irregularities and anomalies in those big grassy beds.

Now concrete is another thing you want to look for when it comes to the spawn. Concrete of course is a hard bottom, but think of it like sea walls. You got sea walls, they got that footing that comes out and they'll spawn right there where the wall comes down. You get the wall, you got that little footing they can spot right in that little crevice. They also use gravel as a bed before they lay the gravel, the concrete on, so they gravel around. It can sometimes be really productive. So look for sea walls.

Another thing is also roadbeds. Roadbeds can be very, very productive. You know, they don't have to be that deep. And you know, reservoir that's been flooded, you've got a lot of old roadbeds and train, train beds, same thing. We'll talk about that in a second. But the road beds, they'll spawn right on the concrete. But a lot of times there's that gravel on each side of the road bed. And that's where the bass love to spawn, especially Small mouth.

Small mouth will get up in there and it's just like a community, man. You just pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. You'll just see all these beds all along the road bed on both sides. Small mouth aren't squeamish. They're not shy. They're going to get all the spots at the same time, the same area, so look for that in road bed.

Train beds are also very popular for with bass. What they do is they take the railroad tracks out. They take the the wood and all the rail ties. They take all that away, but they still got this nice concrete almost looks like a bed well. That's where all those all the bass spawn is right up on there. They almost looks like a road bed, but you'd be surprised as the train track. So if you've got that cris crossing in your reservoir, look for those areas can be hot spots where the bass will be spawning.

So with with that, with docks, wood, weeds, concrete, you got plenty of options to look and find for bass spawning right now and you're going to have yourself a ball.

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