Springtime Bass
DON’T MISS ALL THE ACTION…. book your bass fishing charter today! Springtime is a great time to go bass fishing. The weather is hotting up and so is the fishing. I took a trip out to the dam this morning and found there was no shortage of bass that were looking for a feed. All the fish I caught were very well conditioned and took off like little pocket rockets. I had the drag locked but still many fish beat me back into the weed. I find 10lb leader is absolute minimum here unless fishing out wide. There was also plenty of surface action and popping sounds could be heard throughout the morning as bass inhaled bait fish against the surface. Once daylight savings starts the gates to the dam will be open 1 hour earlier which means 1 extra hours fishing the magic morning bite!
The river is also fishing well now the bass have returned to the fresh after their winter spawning. However there is still plenty of weed scattered through the water column which makes the fishing very tricky. But if you manage to run your lure past the weed long enough a fish will grab it. Surface and shallow running lures are the go. Weedless flies, surface poppers and Dahlberg divers are also worth a try.
