Where Do Bass Go In Winter? (And How To Catch Them)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- If your bass vanished this Winter you aren't alone! Many anglers struggle to find fish this time of year but if you know the 3 places to look, you'll always be able to find them. The combination of rock, hollows, and solid cover, are the trifecta of fishy locations for Winter bass fishing.
Don't let the cold temperatures deter you. The fish still need to eat and while you might not get as many bites as you would in Fall or Spring, you're likely to catch the biggest bass of your life! If you're not fishing this Winter, you're wasting some of the best big bass fishing of the whole year!
Below is a breakdown of some of the gear we use this time of year. We've broken it down by location and weather condition to make it easy for you to find what you need.
Fish on the rocks...
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Fish In The Hollows...
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Blade Bait- Damiki Axe Blade: bit.ly/2w2uB9t
Underspin- Blade Runner 1/2 oz: bit.ly/2oocg0a
Swimbait- Huddleston 10" ROF 12: bit.ly/2nztmdj
Fish In Shallow Cover...
Shallow Jerkbait- Jackall Rerange 110: bit.ly/2ge0qED
Deep Jerkbait- Lucky Craft Staysee 90: bit.ly/2dBzMmz
Jig- Dirty Jigs Flippin' Jig: bit.ly/2fx8YBI
Jig Trailer- Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver: bit.ly/29W3RZW
Fish In Flood Conditions...
Spinnerbait- River2Sea Bling 1/2 oz (Iced): bit.ly/2diSwqq
Chatterbait- Evergreen JackHammer 3/8 oz (Chartreuse White): bit.ly/2popvj6
Jig- Dirty Jigs Flippin' Jig: bit.ly/2fx8YBI
Jig Trailer- Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver: bit.ly/29W3RZW
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The primary information I gained from this video is: Go Fishing! You can throw any bait on any body of water BUT, if you're watching TV and not getting your line wet, it is guaranteed that you will not catch fish. I love the enthusiasm and work that you put into your channel.
YOU GUYS ARE MY #1 TH-camR CHANNEL! THANK YOU MATT AND TIM FOR EVERYTHING!! A VIDEO THIS EARLY HAS MADE MY DAY ALREADY!
Excellent! Great break down on winter bass habits, and appropriate techniques. A lot of time on diverse waters went into this video. Much appreciated.
Thank you!
Man this is the best winter fish info I ever heard. No joke. This will get my game up the speed with my fishing buddy's. I took notes . Looking at the water with better eyes now. Thank you.
One of my best spinner bait days, chocolate milk water, one piece of wood cover against a rock bluff 38° water. I had never fished a spinner bait so deep, casting to 15 feet and slow rolling back to 42 feet of water. First 3 fish in less than an hour about 10 lbs total! Finished them off with a drop shot and had 16 lbs 5 fish total. Tried it again this past winter and had to switch to a skirtless chatterbait but they always take the drop shot. Spotted bass are so fun if you get a pattern! Awesome video!
Great info yet again!!! I honestly only truly value your guys opinions on bass California and advice and im a native Cali bass fisher so that’s saying a lot !!!! Thank you 🙏🏽!!!
Man is it cool when a warm rain is pouring into a lake and you find a creek dumping in. Those bass do position in the current and are easy to catch!
Definitely going to give these ideas a try. Last couple times out have resulted in only a couple pickerel. Thankful we caught those but hopeful we can catch some bass with these ideas.
Honestly the most entertaining and educational channel. I have probably learned the most about fish and their habits from your videos.
I must have watched so many videos about this subject....you are by far one of the most educated bass-ers out there!
Thank u.
I love your videos
never have I been so pumped to go out and TRY to catch a pig in the winter. I always have been told Bass shut off completely in the winter so this is motivating. usually start fishing around March here in Utah so it would be a great accomplishment to catch one earlier than that! great video!
I really appreciate you guys only been fishing like 3 months and I use everything y'all teach and all opinions on rods and reels and y'all never fail! Those dobyns fury rods are sick!!!
I'm going to start making my own rock piles
This guy is spot on! Our club fished badin lake, NC last week and the people that caught fish caught them exactly how he said it
we aren't too frozen because our weather has literally been all over the place however, Something else you guys taught years ago the reason so many people fish badly in bad weather is because a lot of people only fish in good weather which will make it a lot more difficult to find fish. When the mercury drops get out there and fish anyway. Thanks for the amazing material and advice guys, appreciated as always
I’ll continue to tell everyone how awesome you guys are. Hands down #1 fishing channel!
Thank. You
loved the brief recap at the end. i cant be the only one that kinda wanders off in the background nature from time to time. not like im not gonna watch it again next week haha
This video makes me think back to every “accidental” catch I have had in cold weather and low and behold you just listed off 75% of my catches. Things add up when you guys talk. Little experience amounts to years of know-how when you stop and listen. With Every word we learn more and more.
Thanks for the awesome tips and videos Matt and Tim! You guys are the best on youtube no doubt, also nice beard Matt!
Ha! Thank you!!
Thank you guys for what you do. I enjoy every video you put out. But more importantly I'm learning. To the 20 that gave this video. Dang it man! You want them to swim down and hook a fish on for you? Bet you would want them to reel it in for you too.
I really appreciate you explaing were to find the fish in the winter time. Your videos are alot of help on how to fish certain lures ty
Thanks ,you and Richard Gene the fishing machine are the best on you tube 👍🏻
Your right dude winter is the time. Caught my PB 2 weeks ago. 7lbs 5ozs loved it.
Excellent info on locating winter bass (and probably just about any other type of fish as well ) in winter. Thanks!
I love it! This has been my favorite video so far, I love learning about how to find fish and how to adapt based on weather and water variances. Thank you for all that you do, I will try to point my family members to your gear website as a thank you
This is probably tacticals best educational video. Concise breakdown of winter patterns . Happy holidays and thanks for giving so much!
Thank you Jim! We're happy to help.
Just caught Matt's video on gut and gullet hooked fish. Everybody should watch that one if they haven't.
And stop using techniques that allow bass to eat a lot of plastics
Great stuff brother, clear lake, Berryessa and Bullards got some winter fishing going down.
Awesome Job Matt. Thank YOU. Hope you and the family adjusted well from the summer and are looking at a great new year. If I had the money I would come out there and go fishing with you..maybe some day I will. Be well.
Congratulation on having the biggest year of new subs! I been with y’all since about 20 or 25,000 subs
Please please please do one of these for spring summer and fall. The best video I have ever seen!!!
Springs easy! Walk the banks and look for bed fish! Usually in 2-12 feet
I have not been able to catch a bass yet on the jerk bait. The lipless crank bait is what I have been getting the most bites and catching a few. They hit it so soft. Several have got off reeling them in! But I never even had a lipless crank bait till you guys informed me on them. They work for me in the cold water here in OHIO!
Thank you matt and Tim for explaining this this gonna help me tremendously the fishing knowledge you guys give out on your channel is the best.
You're welcome!
This video was one of the most education videos I have seen from you all, it was awesome
Thanks!
Thank you for educating me more.
Just rewatching this and right around 16:00is just what I needed to hear ...plllleeeaaasseee come to Lake Granbury , and let me know when or if you do . I would pay to fish with you 💯 love your double uploads nowadays
As usual another great video from the #1 You Tube channel. Matt and Tim rule. Look forward to your posts. God Bless you and yours through this holiday season.
Thank you Ernie! God Bless!!
Always love your vids man anything to make every angler better y’all are the ones no doubt
Awesome info!!! In the truck heading to California for a month and bringing the boat too!
Best Channel on the web, love you guys. Question...in the heart of Winter where do the bass go in a shallow pond with no cover, no rock and very little grass ? The middle ? Thanks guys . Kerry
Awesome tutorial Matt! They have been difficult to figure out here in Eastern NC. We have had a lot rain and the temps keep fluctuating by ridiculous amounts. I will try finding the muddy gulch and dragging a jig.
Thanks man! Super informative and very helpful.
I've been searching Utube for days to get some info about this. Well, not anymore...... the information you gave I think will help me a great deal. The bayou I fish has one spot that has rock. And that's by the bridge. Right down the center is going to be my hollow. The hard cover is abundant also. If none of this works I'll be surprised. Again , great information man 😀👍🏻🇺🇸🐟🎣🎣❤️🚣🏻
Good luck Charles! Sounds like a fun fishery!
so the last few years i've been SUPER in to fishing from my kayak. i fished a lot as a kid and a teen, but just fell out of it for 10 or 15 years. this is gonna be my 3rd year back to 3 to 5 times a week i've just GOTTA FISH. i've waited until spring the first two years, but i can't do that anymore. i just can't. i don't even care if i catch much but i just NEED TO FISH RIGHT F'N NOW. so i've spent a lot of time looking for winter fishing tips. i've just dug out some of my bigger baits after watching this. generally i use 3 or 4 inch wacky worms and 4 or 5 inch lizards and 6 or 7 inch worms, just as examples of sizes. (i live in ohio so we don't get massive bass her). i got 5 inch wacky worms sitting out to use tomorrow. it makes sense. not catching stuff on my usual baits? why not go bigger! maybe i wont catch anything still, but maybe i'll catch something BIG! it also makes sense that a bass might be a bit more willing to eat a big meal in this cold weather. i also appreciate your "hollows" explanation. i am just a small farm pond fisher (90% of the time) so i'll spend nearly all my time tomorrow just anchored in the middle. all the other videos i've watched, while giving good info, have been basically the same stuff. use jigs! maybe a swim bait! hell, even a ned rig! JUST GO SLOW! is what they've all been saying. this is the first one i've found so far that gave different and DETAILED info. here's hoping this stuff works for me! i'll be going out a couple times a week until the weather warms, so i'll be using your tips a lot over the next month or two.
Man I needed this.! Been struggling alot lately.
Best info ever!! Thank you so much guys. You answered lifelong questions for me
SOLID GOLD ADVICE!!! Thanks TB
Great information, super informative.
Do you do guided trips? I would love to come fish clear lake this winter. Thanks for the priceless content!
Took Matt's advice. I caught 3 fish I would never have caught. Thanks Matt
Great application to fly fishing too. Thank you.
2, 3 or 4 bites is an average day for me during the "active" times of year.....
In winter my average is 0,0, and 0 lol
Awesome stuff ... I’ve noticed plastic docks seem to hold fish on featureless lakes too. Those plastic hollow docks seem to warm up quicker
Awesome video Matt,you couldn't explain it better 👊👊👍👍
Dude u r awesome!!! Wish I could fish with u for a day!!!
Awesome video man, so helpful thanks Tim & Matt
I learned so much watching your videos
I cant wait to try this theory but I have one of the weirdest lakes and it's one of the most unpatterenable lakes THANKS FOR TIPS AND THANKS FOR THE BEST INFORMATIVE FISHING YOU TUBE CHANNEL
What a good video. So much information. Thanks guys.
Awesome video. Great information. Now just have to get out and actually fish!
My lake is about 800 to a thousand yards vertically and about 100 yards horizontally. I google the sonar map of it and I found the rock spot. Juicy juicy fish
im a Cali bass fisher that moved to N.Michigan in april, great fishin. Now is 25 and partially frozen lakes... now what :)
Your avatar is the answer to your question.😉
Great video Matt
Great pep talk. Thanks!
Dude, Matt, ur the best- BAR NONE
Time to throw some rocks off my dock
Hahaha heck yeah
Love the tips man👍❤️
if someone dislikes your video, they are literally the grinch
@@IDoBeSmarter agreed
Awesome video! Thanks!!
I will have to apply these tips for finding em under the ice. Perhaps tactical needs to take a field trip to a frozen lake! Great vid as usual
We talk about it. To the surprise of most, California has great ice fishing, we just dont typically do it.
TacticalBassin of course what don't you do!? Thanks guys, second to none content, can't express that enough! Just had a bass day on the ice
Dude I love these guys.
great information as always
My gosh you guys are filled with incredible knowledge lol
Enjoy watching the videos always great tips!
Seems like great info!
Great content..... Keep up the great work....
Awesome video!
Another great video folks!
thanks i have had trouble fishing this winter
Thanks Matt
Thanks for the info
Man thank you for this info. Sounds like my local lake here in California. I went out a couple weeks ago fished for 6.5 hours and got absolutely skunked. I can never figure them out this time of year
Keep going, you'll put it together.
Excellent info! Thanks!!!
Awesome as always.
Thanks for the tips
December in California you say? Lol This video was full of awesome tips man very helpful thanks!
Good info! Great video! Thanks!!!
Always great advice
Great info. I take all the help I can get. I'll bet I watch the video for the 3rd time at work. Lol.
I would love for you guys to come fish Lopez lake in Arryo Grande CA. We've got some nice bass, solid smallies, a super slab crappie. Oh and the state record red ear.
Was out fishing couple days ago in the rain. Found some bass sitting on the concrete boat ramp in 10ft of water.
Thanks for this. Great info!
Amazing vid. Insanely helpful
Thanks for sharing this awesome video man!
Thanks Diego!
Great video Matt!! These tips seem super useful. For me, the only nearby lake has nothing but thick grass lining the bottom of the lake. Makes fishing any finesse extremely difficult. There are downed trees jutting off from the banks everywhere. Struggling to catch any sort of numbers, although I have caught a couple good fish including an 8. Any tips on what baits to use?
Great video and info!!
Hey Matt i found the bass.. they're in el salto lake in Mexico. Whare I'm taking my winter vacation. Stay warm in California
Great video
I found a school on a jerkbait the other day. I wasn't a great big fan of jerkbaits but they're growing on me. Matt's right as usual. Nothing, nothing, nothing and then WHAM. So much fun!
Yeah buddy!!!
We have a nice multi-species reservoir here in Southern Colorado, I fish from shore, and if I could fish only one presentation it would be the jerkbait - Hands down catches all species of ALL sizes - Nabbed a monster 30" Walleye (Bass channel, I know I know ;) back in late April on a jerk. Jerkbait is exceptionally effective and helps us shore guys catch some true monsters.
@@adamsapple1982 Bro, a big fish is a big fish, right? I'm in South Ga. We have some fairly big bass down here, too. My PB is 10 and some change. Once again caught on a soft plastic jerkbait... a white fluke.
Can you do a video on fishing rivers or fast current? I caught a 6 lber last Saturday on a Jerkbait and have good luck on jerkbaits, but it's hard to fish them slow in a raging river. I don't have a boat, so fishing rivers allows me to cover more water.