10 or 11" fish are man-eaters compared to the ones I had in mind - 2 or 3
inchers. It's not not that I want to catch these wee guys on hook-and-line -
I'm just curious where they come from when I see them in the spring. Many
years I've seen them even before the spawning pairs form the redds, so they
clearly spent the winter *somewhere.*

"RGarri7470" wrote in message
...
Where do yearling bass (spawned the previous summer) go during the cold
months?

Here in GA I have caught 10 and 11 inch bass - last year's spawn - as deep
as
36 feet during the winter. Some smaller bass, spawned late in the season,
may
stay more shallow, but the bigger ones that were spawned early go deep, I
think.

Ronnie

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