There Are 4 Stages Of Spawn For Bass, Spawning Dates Very By Region But Are Always Closely Tied To Water Temperature.
PreSpawn--- Right Around When The Water Reaches 60 Degrees Fahrenheit, Males Move To Shallows And Start Making Beds For The Females. Now The Females Are Bulking Up For The Stay She Will Endure On The Beds Protecting It, This Is A Good Time To Use Crank Baits, Jerk Baits, And Swim Baits.
PrimSpawn--- When The Water Hits 62 Degrees, Especially Around And During The Full Moon Phase, This Is When It Becomes The Prime Time For Sight Seeing Bass Fishing As Long As The Waters You Are Fishing Are Clear Enough To See The Fish. Now Soft Plastic Worms And Jigs Make For The Angry Strikes It Takes To Get Them Bass.
PostSpawn--- As The Water Warms Into The High 60's And 70's, The Females Move Away From The Beds That They Have Been Guarding For A Period Of Time, And Now The Males Will Stick Around To Guard The Fry. When This Happens The Males Are In Favor Of The Baits That Will Annoy Them To The Point Of Attack. ( Jig,Or Soft Plastic Baits) Females Are Now In A Selective Mode Now So Try Soft Plastics In Colors That Would Be Natural For That Time Of Year, And Try Hard Crank Baits That In Deeper Water That Also Relate To The Time Of Year You Are Fishing.
Post-PostSpawn--- Now After All The Work They Have Just Subjected Themselves To In The Spring, Now There Eating To Get Themselves Back Into Shape For The Rest Of The Year. Try Fishing With Soft Plastics And Swim Type Baits In Deep Waters And Off Drop Offs Next To Weed Lines.
Subject: Stages Of Spawn 
Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:02 pm
