This CHANGED The Way I Fish COLD WATER (The 4 S's)

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When fishing in cold water situations, be sure to fish near deeper water. The deepest water will be relative to the body of water you are fishing. If you are fishing in a pond, the deep water may be only eight feet deep. water, but if you're fishing a big lake like I am today, the deep water is about 16 to 20 feet of water nowadays, the few bass I've caught, I actually caught those fish in pretty shallow water in which they were actually sitting. probably about four or five feet of water, but the key is that they were there because it was right next to it, it was immediately next to deep water, they were actually sitting on kind of a ledge with a little bit of brush and falls. straight down into 20 feet of water and that really is the biggest thing you can do is be around deep water now if you don't have electronics or maybe you're just fishing from the shore just cast your lure and count.

If you lower it you will be able to tell when you are fishing in deeper water because it will simply take longer for your lure to get to the bottom, so let's start with the first few seconds of cold water bass fishing and that is one of the slowest. The most important things you can do when fishing cold water and I'm talking about water less than 50 degrees, something in the upper 40s to upper 30s, the most important thing you can do is just fish slow and this can be very difficult to do. when you're fishing because sometimes during the winter you're not going to get many bites so it's easy for us as anglers to get anxious, we want to go out, we want to fish and we start fishing too fast and we can actually fish too fast in areas where we're just going to lose the bass that are there, so fishing slow is very critical and I'm not always talking about fishing with a slow motion.

Lure such as a jig or shaky head. You can fish lures like crankbaits and Jerkbaits in cold water, but the key to fishing them is to fish them slowly. You won't catch them the same way you catch them during the summer. When you're fishing with a crank bait, throw that bait out and just drag that thing, you want to start hitting the bottom and hitting the bottom very gently. Many of us know that fishing a bait in cold water catches bass and fishes much slower. that what you do in the summer, sometimes in the summer I actually bring that bait in constantly in the winter and during the cold water I'm going to pause the bait for five ten fifteen seconds and then pop it a couple more times. fishing slow is a must and when you get bit, when you get that first bite, that's when you really want to slow down, literally stay in place and be as slow as you can because a lot of times in cold water. months, those bass are going to group up, so the seconds of cold water bass fishing are subtle, subtle, it's a very important thing to think about when it comes to selecting lures when you're cold water fishing when I'm fishing during warmer weather.

You know, in the summer I really like to have baits that have a lot of action many times. You know, this is when I go pick up a Texas rig crawl that you know the tails move back and forth on cold water fish. I'm not going to want a lot of action so for example today I normally fish some sort of drag on the back of my hook and in this case I'm just fishing a chunk style bait, this chunk doesn't really have much action, it doesn't kick there, it's very subtle and that subtle action is what makes you bite in cold water.

Now another thing you need to think about when it comes to fishing with a subtle lure is the rattles found on a lure, some of the best cold water crankbaits on the market don't actually have many rattles or rattles, Many of their balsa baits, baits like a shad wrapper and baits like a dt6, these are lures that have very little if any rattles to them and these are the ones you want to fish in cold water. Why, because they are a subtle lure, they have a subtle, tight action and that's what gets bit during cold water fishing.

Alright guys, third when it comes. Fishing in cold water is low, this is something you really want to rethink when it comes to selecting lures, you don't always want to go out fishing with a huge bait during the middle of winter in the colder months, now there are some Con exceptions, in some places like California, when they're in the winter months, that's when they really like to throw those larger wedge style swimbaits, but when you're fishing in water temps that are in the upper 30s and 40s, I don't do it. . They say you can't get a big bite on a big lure, but smaller lures tend to bite a lot more and here's the simple reason: bass just aren't feeding as often as they do during the summer, you know, as I was talking.

As before, a bass is cold blooded so their metabolism slows down a lot during the winter and during the cold water months, so they could eat a crab every once in a while and it will sustain their body for a longer period of time. longer than during the summer. They may have to eat a big bluegill, they may have to eat something big to sustain them for the day, so fishing with smaller lures tends to work very well during the winter. An obvious cold water lure that works very well is a Ned rig and if you think about it, it hits all the s we talked about, sure, you fish it slow, it's a very subtle lure, it basically has no action and the thing is, it's small, you know, most Neds are two and a half inches and three inches long, I mean, very. very small and a Ned is a great lure to use in cold water months now another cold water lure the one I'm fishing here today is a jig but this is not your standard jig I mean look at the size of this thing this is just a little strike king mistake and guys I'm going to leave the links for this jig and some ned rig stuff I like to use down in the description if you want to pick up on some of that stuff, this jig is not a bait I normally fish during the summer and during the warmer weather months, but in cold water, this is the number one bait I pick up.

This is a quarter ounce hook with a super chunk of junior zoom on the back. This is one of my favorite baits to fish and the fish seem to eat it in the colder water, now we move on to the fourth and final of cold water fishing and that is put on hold sometimes during the winter, many fish will actually be put on hold, for What is possible is that you can fish with lures like a Ned rig or a jig like I do today, but you are actually fishing under the fish. It is very difficult if you do not have electronic devices to know if the fish are suspended or not.

You know, today I really haven't seen too many very high marks in the water column. I think most of the fish today seem to be on the bottom and that could be because we have some cloudier conditions, but a lot of times during the winter the bass will suspend themselves so that's why it's so important to always carry a lure like a Jerk bait or an Alabama rig, because you might be fishing in the right area and you might see some bait in that area, but you're just fishing underneath the bass, so change it up. to a Jerkbait or an Alabama rig can help you catch those fish in that cold water where you're actually bringing that bait up to their level.

There is another Galilee. I love it, it's not big, but it's still fun. Another solid fish. I just love it I love 43 degree water it's about 38 degrees air temperature if you fish near deep water if you fish something slow you fish something subtle you fish something small you're going to start fishing for bass in cold water if you want to watch I catch more fish with this template. You can click on this video right here. If you want to watch me fish for smallmouth in cold water, you can click on this video here. Thanks for watching guys, subscribe to the channel and see you next time. video