Hey Folks current water temps 58-66 degrees varying morning to evening and your location. The first big wave of spawning bass and crappie are on beds in varying north banks. The bucks have been aggressive and the females are hit and miss on the beds. Most of my better females are staged in 4-7′ of water on wood also using the live scope to locate the staged bass. We are catching these better females fishing in front of the boat paralleling the shore while looking for bedding pairs. My favorite bait for this is by far the swim jig as I can throw it normal and pitch at a bedding fish. Other baits that work well fishing the staged fish are a Sassy Swimmer, 1.5’s, Chatterbaits and don’t count out the forgotten spinnerbait. When fish are on beds my choice baits are a wacky merthiolate trick worm with a nail weight, senko or jig or craw bait. If you have a biggun on a bed and she is not cooperating try a trash fish by little creeper! Next full moon April 6th and this will be game on all around the lake in all phases as well as getting close to the start of the shad spawn when mainlakes start hitting consistent temps 65- 70 degrees.

Hey folks current water temps were 52-56 degrees depending on lake location. For the bass I have been focusing on creek channel edges in the 8-16′ range. Thing to look for on the creek edges are exposed root wads right on the edges or creek bends. These areas are going to hold a majority of the fish in the creeks. I will scan them with my live scope to verify the fish are there prior to fishing these spots.

Another good pattern is locating fallen trees that are still in tact in the same depth ranges. The fallen tree pattern will be more hit and miss but can be very rewarding. Another good pattern I will look at on warm sunny days are boat ramps. I am fishing all these areas with mostly a small profile jig. I recommend the V&M Adrenaline jig in 3/8 black and blue and a zoom chunk trailer. I choose this trailer this time of year because it is subtle with no “flippity” flap. Subtle is key in colder water which is why most of the time I am stitching my jigs. I am using Okuma’s Tournament concept 7’3″ jig rod paired with the Helios SX 8.1:1 reels and 20lbs Sunline.

Other good options in these same area is a Dropshot and a Jerkbait that is suspend dotted to sink at a very slow rate to get the bait in the strike zone. I will fish the jerkbait to about 14′ but you will need livescope to watch the bait and put it in the strike zone.

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