The thing with shore fishing this time of year is that most of your bass
will come right on the bank (or off objects really close to the bank) so
you should look for "corners" in the bank, where you can cast directly to a
nearby bank from where you're standing. And the corners should be on the
North side of the pond. Check this out...

http://www.richz.com/fishing/articles/earlybass.html

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