![]() Such lakes may offer good mid-day fishing in late fall, winter and early spring when boat traffic is less. A steady stream of boats and water-skiers will “put down” bass in quick order, even on dark, tannin-stained lakes and rivers. Waters with heavy boat traffic also shine as night fishing spots, but for a different reason. But when the sun sets, they migrate shallow to forage. So the only way for them to escape the sun’s burning rays is to stay deep or bury themselves in vegetation. It’s important to remember that since bass don’t have eyelids, they are extremely light sensitive. While all bass lakes and rivers occasionally can give up heavy catches of largemouths at night, a number of North Florida waters have well-known reputations for being prime “night spots.” As a general rule, most of the best “night lakes” are ones that are clear or have a lot of daytime boat traffic.Ĭlear waters have such deep penetrating sunlight that bass generally are not on the prowl unless the sun is low on the horizon. Another reason is that frequently the largemouth action is better. “Staying cool” is one of the major reasons many Florida bass anglers fish at night. Anyone who hasn’t cast plugs all day on an inland lake or river far from the cooling breezes of the coast, has no idea what “the dog days of summer” are really all about in the South. But in Florida, daylight fishing can be downright hazardous to your health.īass anglers especially have it tough. You can find the thermocline now and keep it in mind when you’re planting cover this winter.Hot, muggy, sizzling summer weather makes for uncomfortable mid-day fishing anywhere in America. Your goal is to put it right around the thermocline or just above it. If your lake has been drawn down by 10 feet, that means it should be eight to 15 feet deep when you plant it. Ultimately, you want your cover to be 18 to 25 feet deep in summer. ![]() When the water is drawn down in the winter, it’s easier to plant your cover, but you need to be aware of the depth at the time you plant and what the depths will be months later when you plan to fish the cover. All the cover can do is concentrate bass that are already in the area. It’s not going to miraculously transform a bad area and put bass where none were before. Here it is: You need to put it in an area that’s already productive. I haven’t even mentioned the most important part of planting cover in your favorite bass lake. I like using big rocks that I find along the shoreline, but cinder blocks or bricks are easier to work with and attach, if you can find some. Weighting them sooner than that just makes them harder to handle. Wooden pallets are also great for this, and you can sometimes get old ones from warehouses that would otherwise throw them away.ĭon’t weight your brushpiles until you have them out on the water and are ready to sink them. A better choice is something like a dogwood or other hardwood with plenty of limbs that aren’t so dense. ![]() Since the limbs are so close together, bass can’t get into the middle of the brush easily. I realize they’re easy to find and collect, but they’re not very good as bass cover. A lot of anglers like to use discarded Christmas trees. All you need are some hardwood trees that you can either cut down or retrieve from trash piles, some rocks or cinder blocks and some big zip ties. If you’ve never planted brush before, it’s not hard. That’s the ideal time to take a break from watching football and plant some cover on your favorite lake. My preparation for summertime bass fishing actually begins in the winter, when water levels are drawn down on many reservoirs around the country. For this summer’s fishing, it’s already too late to do the first step in planning that I’m going to recommend, but I want to cover it so you’ll be ready for next summer.
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