Planning Spring Bass Trip - Suggestions?

[jeremypeace]

well i dont know where you are going to be as far as southern idaho goes.. but to target "pre spawn" bass, when the water hits 56 to 58 degrees, they will be in deep pockets around the brush, weed beds, shallows. they will some times come into the shallows to search for a bed in the middle of the day when the sun is shining good. 56-58 degrees they will start to move around, will be slugish still but still fun. 58+ is when they really troll the shallows to search for there beds for spawn and it is a great time for sight fishing them. i found to save your cranks tell they are in full on spawn mode, pre spawn they work but not as affective as they do once they start holding there beds. you will know when they are in there beds, just look for them they will stick to the one spot and try and eat everything that comes near. i like a good soft plastic for pre spawn for me its bright colors that work, but ive scene dark colors do just as well. a paddle tail works well, stick baits seem to do ok in pre spawn, jigs usually are slow in pre spawn. my favorite is a 8" pumpkin paddle tail for pre spawn, for spawn literally anything will work, just find there bed and drop it in the middle of the bed and you will get a fish. maniac custom lures sells my favorite soft plastics for bass, the cutt'r bug and there salt sticks and manic minnows do amazing things with the bass. you can find there product on there web site www.maniaccustomlure.com there product is made right in Utah and is very reasonably priced. good luck on your trip and hope you catch lots of fish
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