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just woundering wha is yaws favorite choice of bait, or lure to use whe the bass are spawning. also any adivse about fishing for spawning bass like what too look for or anything elsa that might help me out thks and be safe on the water
 
Great question James. I'm courious to see the replies here.  I have been considering putting together a file here at CFF on "Seasonal Patterns".  What do you guys think about that?
 
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<font color="#6600ff">I like to use a 6" lizard....cause the bedding bass hate, HATE the water lizards...they eat the eggs....then a hand grenade works well.....ha  FA</font>
 
Lizards. BTW, FA, I thought dynamite was your go to lure, what's with the grenades ? emoBigsmile
 
what color would u use something like black with a blue tail... or ...lord los angelas traffic i need a stick of dynamit..lol
 
Lizards for sure (Texas rigged). Tubes work great also. Sometimes anything that can be worked slow on the bed will catch'em. Sometimes it takes a lot of patience to make a bass mad enough to strike.
 
This is just a theory and not tsomething I've tried yet, but Iwas looking at the way Ranger Rob's Rumpshakers stand when sitting still. If you don't know what a rumpshaker is, It's like a chatterbait, only better, in the way the hook stands when at rest. I have a couple colored to look like bluegill. I plan on over casting the bed, swimming the bait up fast so the bass feel the vibration and know it's coming, and then dropping it in the bed. at this point I'll just wiggle it on the bed to give the appearance of a bluegill snatching the eggs.

Like I said, I have no idea if this will work, some of the bass fishers may be laughing at me, but I'm going to try it. What do you guys think?
 
Here are some pics of the rumpshaker...

First pic is to show the color, Second is blurry but you can see how high the hook sits when at rest, and the third is so you can see the blade color.
 

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I don't find it sporting to fish for bedding bass.

I would rather fish for pre or post spawn females in deeper water, usually throwing cranks.
 
Finally.... someone said it. For the past 17 yrs while living in Minnesota, they have a SEASON for bass. It usually doesn't start until after spawn... say 2nd weekend in June!!!! How's them apple's. I hope it's a successfuly LM/SM spawn!!!!! But I may have to yank a few off their bed to see that they are doing their JOB! emoLaugh BUT I must remain close to my heart on this.... leave 'em be until after spawn. Just a thought...
 
Pitching a tube works real good. Now, I don't have a problem with people catching bass off the bed as long as they release it where they catch it. They will swim right back to the bed. I don't like the idea of the big Tx people following the spawn to accommodate their Tx's . Not all of them sight fish but a lot do then haul their catches miles away to weigh them in.
 
I just hope you guys let any of those spawners you might catch go back as quickly and safely as possible. Our lake is really getting good and we need good recruitment from the sapwn in order to maintain this progression!

BTW- My favorite way to catch them on beds is a buzzbait or spook accross a spawning flat!
 
Tailgate, for me its a texas rigged lizzard. On Chickamauga its tough to sight fish the beds because the lake is being brought up right in the middle of the spawn. Some beds will be in just a few inches of water while the early spawners will be in 3-6 ft water (water that was only inches a few days before) Since I rarely fish tx's, I see no problem with fishing for spawning fish and releasing her right where I caught her. Lakes like Nickajack, Weiss and Guntersville are better suited to sight fishing beds. I generally fish texas rigged worms in the spring, but always have a white 4inch lizzard rigged on a spinning rod for a bedding fish.
 
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