Best seasons for bassing???

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johank

New member
good day to all!

can anyone tell me what the best time (season) for bass fishing is?

i am going to try my luck this weekend in the Bronkhorstspruit area,while going for Carp,and have heard that they do still feed in winter,just not as active as summer. slow fishing and small lures will probably work?? or thats what i have heard.

what about top water fishing? my first winter bassing since i started,so a bit green on this time of ther year!

thanks for any advise,will report back next week.
 
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HennieS

Senior Member
JohanK

We are probably busy approaching the best time for Bass fishing August, September, October is probably your best times. Those three months present pre-spawn to post-spawn for you when fish spend most of their time in shallow water.

Your winter patterns is two fold, you either fish slow with darker plastics or you go for a re-action strike. Re-action lures is lures like rattle traps, cranck baits, spinner baits and yes top water. I would probably rate the crank bait and spinner bait as the top re-action lures for me, this will vary from person to person. Also need to fish your plastics a bit deepr and tighter to the structure. I like fishing 10 - 15 Ft of water and try and be as tight as possible to the structure, bass is lazy to move in winter so your casting must be very accurate.

Hope this helps. 
 
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Billaridoo

Senior Member
HennieS is the MASTER, his advice works Prima! We fished Bronkies 3 weeks back. Caught 2 fooshies in an hour. Fished after 11am, dead bite before then. Zoom Junebug finesse worm, texas rig, fished veeerrryyy slow against the jetties.
 
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Little Green Fish

Sealiner
Get to grips with the term "deadstick" if you still struggle then do a search for Loams's cigarette speed fishing trick, if memory serves me weel it goes along the lines of "cast out, take out a cigarette, light it, take a drag, and blow out, take another couple of drags, extinguish the cigarette and twitch your line ever so slightly, take out another cigarette and repeat......" Yeah fish slow, almost like you're fishing for Carp......::S
 
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johank

New member
I used to do that cigarette trick fishing for trout, actually worked allot of times! Well, I will give it a bash! Leaving tomorrow, so I will report back next week!
Thanks for the advice guys!
 
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