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Bass Fishing Tommorow 1-17-26
Posted on 1/16/26 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 1/16/26 at 8:14 pm
What are your favorite bass baits for this time of year. Water temps should be 55-60. Thanks
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Posted on 1/16/26 at 8:53 pm to voros79
Probably starting out with some combo of chatterbait, trap and magdraft. But any moving bait could be the ticket: squarebill, spinnerbait, jerkbait, underspin
And if I was there early, I would throw a topwater just to make sure they wont come eat it.
And if I was there early, I would throw a topwater just to make sure they wont come eat it.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 10:29 pm to voros79
Jig. Water temps are going to be cold, fish will be mostly dormant. Have to almost hit em on the snout to get a bite.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 6:44 am to voros79
Weightless Texas Rigged Senkos are deadly in cold/cooler water due to their slow movement , plus they will sink to the top of grass beds and sit.
Nearly all I throw until March, Black/Blue or Pumpkinseed
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Nearly all I throw until March, Black/Blue or Pumpkinseed
[/img] Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:28 am to voros79
I’ve always been a person who thought cold water slows down the bite and you should slow way down too. It was 19 degrees post front on Guntersville and every one of those guys is throwing a chatterbait or ratl trap fairly shallow in grass
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:21 am to voros79
I’d be flipping a Texas rigged missile baits D bomb, or drop shotting a finesse worm. Something I can fish real slow.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 3:12 pm to voros79
Chatterbait, jerkbait, jighead minnow, jig n pig
Posted on 1/17/26 at 4:06 pm to Kashmir
Bite was slow. Threw a weightless yum red shad worm and a topwater frog. Got one on each and a few nice hits on the topwater that I missed. I don’t have much luck this time of year, probably fish my baits too fast.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 11:38 pm to voros79
The colder the water, the better a reaction bite is. Traps and chatterbaits are king around grass and shallow cover. If you have deep water, an Arig is hard to beat. We’ve been catching tons of big bass on an arig and minnow out here on Toledo bend,
Posted on 1/18/26 at 12:28 am to Pauvetibete
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fish will be mostly dormant
This couldn’t be further from the truth. Bass can be super aggressive in cold water. Jerkbaits, crankbaits, chatter baits and RatLTraps can be deadly in temps down to the low 40’s. A-rigs, big swim baits, and glides are also deadly in the cold.
This post was edited on 1/18/26 at 12:34 am
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:03 am to voros79
quote:. Where were you fishing?
Bite was slow. Threw a weightless yum red shad worm and a topwater frog. Got one on each and a few nice hits on the topwater that I missed. I don’t have much luck this time of year, probably fish my baits too fast.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:07 am to mach316
Recently got a livescope and it’s proven me wrong on everything I thought I knew about winter fishing
Few weeks ago it was 30 something degrees out water still in the 50s and I was in 45 feet of water on a creek swing A group of fish sitting 4 feet down Threw a jerk bait over there and caught a 5 lber as soon as it hit the water. Could’ve easily caught it on a spook. Saw that several times lately. A dot out there in deep water just below the surface. Those fish are easy to catch h if you can find them
Few weeks ago it was 30 something degrees out water still in the 50s and I was in 45 feet of water on a creek swing A group of fish sitting 4 feet down Threw a jerk bait over there and caught a 5 lber as soon as it hit the water. Could’ve easily caught it on a spook. Saw that several times lately. A dot out there in deep water just below the surface. Those fish are easy to catch h if you can find them
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:46 am to Ron Cheramie
So you’ve went to the dark side with that live scope! hahaha
Just messing with ya, if you can’t beat them, join them!
Just messing with ya, if you can’t beat them, join them!
Posted on 1/18/26 at 7:50 am to WillFerrellisking
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So you’ve went to the dark side with that live scope! hahaha Just messing with ya, if you can’t beat them, join them!
I fought it for years. Finally gave in to pressure from the kid lol
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:24 am to Ron Cheramie
It changed the way I fish completely. I used to believe fish would be super inactive in the cold, but FFS has proved that wrong. Those roamers you see are super aggressive. Even the fish you don’t see on FFS come rushing off the bottom out of nowhere to take advantage of an easy meal. Just watching them push bait around is pretty amazing to watch. Winter has become my favorite time to fish for sure.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 8:28 am to mach316
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Winter has become my favorite time to fish for sure.
Definitely. No way I would have gone fishing this time of year in these conditions in years past because I always thought they weren’t biting and you had to fish slow. They are as super fat right now due to feeding
Posted on 1/18/26 at 9:37 am to Ron Cheramie
I hear ya, if we fished deep water I’m sure my boys would be pounding me for it.
Instead I’m getting power poles installed this week.
Instead I’m getting power poles installed this week.
Posted on 1/18/26 at 10:48 am to Ron Cheramie
A pond in the Jackson area. Fished from the bank.
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