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BIG winter bass
#3015208
01/16/20 08:50 AM
01/16/20 08:50 AM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,712 Cleburne
.308
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,712
Cleburne
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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.
"When you've stared down the barrel of a shotgun in your own home, 3rd & 20 don't seem too bad"......Ken "Snake" Stabler
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Re: BIG winter bass
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#3015564
01/16/20 03:45 PM
01/16/20 03:45 PM
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Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 6,632 Moulton,AL
Snuffy
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 6,632
Moulton,AL
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Slow rolling spinner baits.
If you always do what you've always done you always get what you've always got
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Re: BIG winter bass
[Re: Snuffy]
#3015745
01/16/20 07:36 PM
01/16/20 07:36 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 16,495 Guntersville
AC870
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 16,495
Guntersville
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Slow rolling spinner baits. Natural colors? I’m trying to do a little more winter fishing.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: BIG winter bass
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#3015880
01/16/20 09:36 PM
01/16/20 09:36 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681 Slidell, La
perchjerker
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681
Slidell, La
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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.
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: BIG winter bass
[Re: .308]
#3016071
01/17/20 08:14 AM
01/17/20 08:14 AM
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Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,725 Birmingham
wew3006
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 10,725
Birmingham
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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
Last edited by wew3006; 01/17/20 09:49 AM.
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Re: BIG winter bass
[Re: .308]
#3016218
01/17/20 10:54 AM
01/17/20 10:54 AM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 9,877 in the corner
Stob
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 9,877
in the corner
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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
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Re: BIG winter bass
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#3016783
01/17/20 09:05 PM
01/17/20 09:05 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,449 Marshall County
FurFlyin
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,449
Marshall County
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The best big fish bait is a 8" Golden Shiner.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: BIG winter bass
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01/18/20 08:34 AM
01/18/20 08:34 AM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,095 Anniston, AL
ikillbux
ishootatbux
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ishootatbux
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,095
Anniston, AL
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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)
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: BIG winter bass
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#3017210
01/18/20 01:21 PM
01/18/20 01:21 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,648 Trussville Alabama
inatree
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 6,648
Trussville Alabama
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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.
Free men aren't equal and equal men aren't free! I choose to defend my freedom!
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Re: BIG winter bass
[Re: .308]
#3017383
01/18/20 05:20 PM
01/18/20 05:20 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681 Slidell, La
perchjerker
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681
Slidell, La
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Li ve bait is for lazy people. The only time i live bait fish is live shrimp for flounder.
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: BIG winter bass
[Re: .308]
#3017390
01/18/20 05:23 PM
01/18/20 05:23 PM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,095 Anniston, AL
ikillbux
ishootatbux
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ishootatbux
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 6,095
Anniston, AL
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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)
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: BIG winter bass
[Re: .308]
#3017396
01/18/20 05:28 PM
01/18/20 05:28 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,982 Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2012
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Brierfield
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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
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: BIG winter bass
[Re: .308]
#3017399
01/18/20 05:32 PM
01/18/20 05:32 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681 Slidell, La
perchjerker
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681
Slidell, La
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Are you back to fishing Bead ?
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: BIG winter bass
[Re: perchjerker]
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01/18/20 08:16 PM
01/18/20 08:16 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,982 Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,982
Brierfield
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Are you back to fishing Bead ? I'm not may get my basstracker going before long and do some crappie fishing
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: BIG winter bass
[Re: perchjerker]
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01/24/20 09:00 PM
01/24/20 09:00 PM
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Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 7,427 Tenn
woodduck
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 7,427
Tenn
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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. 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
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