| Bass fishing in winter is anything but easy. In fact | | | | vegetation where the temperature is slightly |
| it is one of the most challenging experiences you | | | | higher. None of these factors will help your quest |
| will ever have on a lake. Not only will it be cold | | | | to catch bass during the winter months. |
| and lonely out there on the lake but also you will | | | | If you really want a test of your bass fishing skills |
| struggle to get a bite most days unless you know | | | | then winter is the time to do it. It will take skill, |
| exactly what you are doing and have the | | | | endurance, ingenuity and a lot of patience to get |
| patience of a saint. Bass do not tend to feed in | | | | a bite, and even then you may leave the lake |
| winter and will rarely catch on to your bait. | | | | having caught absolutely nothing at all. As long as |
| Instead, they move very little and only feed | | | | you accept that fact then your bass fishing |
| when they absolutely have to. Some experts do | | | | experience could be enjoyable. |
| argue this fact, but cold-blooded creatures are all | | | | Try the following tips if you are planning on a little |
| the same and cannot physically move far during | | | | winter bass fishing before the spring kicks in: |
| the colder months. | | | | Slow your fishing speed right down. Anything in |
| In terms of their biology, the blood temperature | | | | the water that is moving quickly around the |
| of a bass matches that temperature of the | | | | water will alarm them but not tempt them out of |
| water around them. When the waters are cold, | | | | their hiding place! Leave your rod to sit in the |
| their heartbeat slows, as does their respiration. As | | | | same place for a while so the bait will seem like |
| a result, they are very slow and deliberate in their | | | | easy food for the bass. |
| movements and will only feed as and when | | | | Try to spot the bass, even if that means looking |
| necessary. This is not very often because they | | | | at the vegetation of the lake a little more closely. |
| will take three days to digest something that | | | | If you can see the bass then you can dangle the |
| could otherwise be digested in a matter of hours. | | | | bait right by it so again it will seem like an easy |
| Depending on where you are fishing, it could be | | | | target. The closer the better really as the bass |
| weeks between feeds. The colder the water, the | | | | will not fail to miss it. |
| less often they feed. They may also hide in | | | | |