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Its good to see some open water again. As things warm up the bassin' pre-prespawn will get better. The bite is still a bit lethargic and they won't chase or slam the lure like they do in summer.
Here is a shot of a gravel pit bass in late February. On this day I seemed to do better with tiny panther martin spinners as opposed to the fantastic plastics.
This one (below) is more recent (early March) picked up on a 5" senko (black with red flake).
[img]http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3788/060305bss29hq.jpg
Here is a little stunted bass (pictured below) I pulled from my lunch-time pond last week. Mini-senko was used here and it was a real struggle to get fish big enough to swallow a 3" black mini.
Water temps are still pretty cold for my front range bassin' but things will pick up in a few more weeks. Sorry about not posting any lake info. Just wanted to let folks know I was still fishing.
Note: This time of year bass are easily infected by the wounds they get from hooks. In some cases you will see red sores on their mouths from this. I will crimp my barbs on my hooks and release as quickly as possible to minimize the damage. The sores are not fatal, just a seasonal condition.
Here is a shot of a gravel pit bass in late February. On this day I seemed to do better with tiny panther martin spinners as opposed to the fantastic plastics.
This one (below) is more recent (early March) picked up on a 5" senko (black with red flake).
[img]http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3788/060305bss29hq.jpg
Here is a little stunted bass (pictured below) I pulled from my lunch-time pond last week. Mini-senko was used here and it was a real struggle to get fish big enough to swallow a 3" black mini.

Water temps are still pretty cold for my front range bassin' but things will pick up in a few more weeks. Sorry about not posting any lake info. Just wanted to let folks know I was still fishing.
Note: This time of year bass are easily infected by the wounds they get from hooks. In some cases you will see red sores on their mouths from this. I will crimp my barbs on my hooks and release as quickly as possible to minimize the damage. The sores are not fatal, just a seasonal condition.