BIG winter bass

What is your favorite lures/techniques? I have used big plastics deep in the past but have recently caught decent fish shallow on red cranks.

Slow rolling spinner baits.

PIG AND JIG

Natural colors? I’m trying to do a little more winter fishing.

Yeah, if you want a biggun, its fixin to get right.

Stob is right, but the very worse thing you can do is start with a PRE-conceived solution as to what lure to use. You should be open minded and let water conditions dictate what you use. I like just about all lures. Shake head, Jig and pig, crankbaits, spinnerbaits. Now a big lure is what I pick to attract big bass. Now is when bass are the heaviest too. When you do catch a big one, consider if there are more in the immediate area. in other words don't be in a hurry to troll off.

M80

Swim bait. Jig or spook.

Caught 20 1-2.5lb yesterday on underpin swimbait; broke off on a big one(thanks for the video tip PJ) and a 3lb on black Uncle Josh frog and jig

I have witnessed several 8+lbers come off LM in the dead of winter
in the shallowest, muddiest sloughs , 1-2ft. of water caught by
kids slinging various contraptions.
I was a kid on one of those occasions when a Buddy, his brother
and me decided to go fishing early ( before daylight) one morning.
Temps were cold enough that there was ice on the edge. LM was
at winter levels and we were walking the bank. Buddys brother was using a 202 and a brown/gold
Rooster Tail. Why that 8.5lb fish was where she was and why she
hit that Rooster Tail is beyond me but that was a heck of a fish.
He had it mounted and I was in awe of that fish every time I visited.

Another 8-9 lber I saw caught in similar water conditions. Dead of Winter,
1-2ft of water, but a bright sunny, cold day. Next door neighbor kid throwing
a crawfish crank bait with a WalMart combo spinner walked up to the house with that behemoth asking
me if I could help him get the crankbait out of her mouth. He had just cut
the line cause he didn't have any pliers. Why that fish was there I don't
know. I wouldn't have even considered fishing that day, esp. on that mud
flat. I was flabbergasted when that kid walked up with that hog.

Can happen anywhere, anytime under any conditions. You just never know

The best big fish bait is a 8" Golden Shiner.

True story

The five very biggest individual bass I've ever caught were all in April. 11 and 9-1/2 (Wedowee), two 8-1/2's (one at Guntersville and the other on a private lake), and a 7-10 smallmouth on Pickwick. Those fish were caught on a spinnerbait, buzzbait, 6" swimbait, and 1/16th oz flick shake wacky worm on a 6' spinning rod with 10# flouro (the 11 pounder)

Dead of winter with a sucker minnow fishing structure on the bottom. Bites slow, but when you get one it's usually a good one.

Li ve bait is for lazy people. The only time i live bait fish is live shrimp for flounder.

I feel like I've got a better chance at a 20+ lb limit in Nov-Feb than I do the rest of the year though. I have a bunch of GOOD trips in November every year.... like days when you catch double digit fish in the 3 to 6 pound range. Wedowee in November with a buzzbait = broken arm. (But I don't catch the BIG individual bass that time of year, I don't know where they are)

Now thru early spring is when I've caught my biggest spots. I had 5 spots one day on holt lake that weighed a little over 27lbs on a 5 inch Swinbait and a war eagle heavy finesse jig. Everytime you set the hook it was a big un

Are you back to fishing Bead ?

I'm not may get my basstracker going before long and do some crappie fishing

i caught a 8 pounder one day at the end of a log. Went back the next evening and caught a 9 pounder in the same spot

I’ve caught many 3-5lb’s off lay in the winter with a shad rap and DT-6. Find some ledges and start crankin.

Before it started raining so much I was catching some good bass on a red eye,rattle trap but lately it's been slow.

It's time to be throwing a big red trap on Guntersville and around grass anywhere. A red crankbait around shallow grass points, stumps, rocks or cypress knees will load the boat too.

I watched a guy absolutely crush fish on a jackhammer Friday. Conditions were tough but he still caught fish. Swim it close to the bottom.