how to catch bass in cold water

I live in Bradenton Fl the water is in the 50's what do I do to catch
bass? I know their metabolism slows down dramticaly when the water
gets cold. Should I wait for the water to warm up? Fish for other
species of fish? Even fishing in the bay for spotted sea trout and
red fish is bad because of the cold water. This pond is a big circle.
The deepest parts of it are about 12 feet deep. On my hummingbird
smartcast fish finder I mark fish down the shoreline maybe ten feet
out. What lures and patterns should I fish to catch them.

I like suspending jerk baits for cold water, a Rapala Husky Jerk or a
Smithwick suspending Rogue, crank them down and slowly jerk them back to
the boat..pause some times too..





"If you go to bed stupid, you will wake up stupid"

I've been doing well on Gils new big worm (Texas rig) or a Junebug Senko (wacky rig) here. The upper Myaka lake (in the state park
off of rt. 72 near Sarasota) is good now although it's very shallow and has lots of gators. Bill P.
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"mike" wrote in message om...
I live in Bradenton Fl the water is in the 50's what do I do to catch
bass? I know their metabolism slows down dramticaly when the water
gets cold. Should I wait for the water to warm up? Fish for other
species of fish? Even fishing in the bay for spotted sea trout and
red fish is bad because of the cold water. This pond is a big circle.
The deepest parts of it are about 12 feet deep. On my hummingbird
smartcast fish finder I mark fish down the shoreline maybe ten feet
out. What lures and patterns should I fish to catch them.

Did you say water temp was in the 50's? and refer to it as cold water bass
fishing in the same sentence.
"mike" wrote in message
om...
I live in Bradenton Fl the water is in the 50's what do I do to catch
bass? I know their metabolism slows down dramticaly when the water
gets cold. Should I wait for the water to warm up? Fish for other
species of fish? Even fishing in the bay for spotted sea trout and
red fish is bad because of the cold water. This pond is a big circle.
The deepest parts of it are about 12 feet deep. On my hummingbird
smartcast fish finder I mark fish down the shoreline maybe ten feet
out. What lures and patterns should I fish to catch them.

As it relates to seatrout and redfish when winter north winds drive the
water out of the bay it¹s time to hit the potholes. It¹s a time when one
hundred percent of the fish are in ten percent of the water.

Mike Kirouac

Boner Custom Rods

www.BonerRods.com
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I live in Bradenton Fl the water is in the 50's what do I do to catch
bass? I know their metabolism slows down dramticaly when the water
gets cold. Should I wait for the water to warm up? Fish for other
species of fish? Even fishing in the bay for spotted sea trout and
red fish is bad because of the cold water. This pond is a big circle.
The deepest parts of it are about 12 feet deep. On my hummingbird
smartcast fish finder I mark fish down the shoreline maybe ten feet
out. What lures and patterns should I fish to catch them.

gee i wish i lived where 50 degree water was considered cold water.

crownliner

"mike" wrote in message
om...
I live in Bradenton Fl the water is in the 50's what do I do to catch
bass? I know their metabolism slows down dramticaly when the water
gets cold. Should I wait for the water to warm up? Fish for other
species of fish? Even fishing in the bay for spotted sea trout and
red fish is bad because of the cold water. This pond is a big circle.
The deepest parts of it are about 12 feet deep. On my hummingbird
smartcast fish finder I mark fish down the shoreline maybe ten feet
out. What lures and patterns should I fish to catch them.

Mike wrote:
the water is in the 50's

That is NOT cold water. Jerkbait fishing usually starts to kick in in the
mid-to upper 40s in the spring, and peaks in the upper 50s.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

Actually it's extremely cold water by Florida standards Rich. And Florida
strain bass typically shut-down under these conditions. They're a whole
different animal than the tough, Northern bass we're used to up here. When
a cold front rolls through Florida it's very tough to buy a hit.

Warren

"RichZ" wrote in message
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Mike wrote:
the water is in the 50's

That is NOT cold water. Jerkbait fishing usually starts to kick in in the
mid-to upper 40s in the spring, and peaks in the upper 50s.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

Cold water bass....fish over em, under em, and through em.....fish
slower, then slower....if that doesnt work, fish faster, then
faster....start with 3 different top waters, then swich to 3 different
spinners, then 3 different plastics....fish all of these baits and
patterns in shallow, mid, and deep water....repeat all of the above
until you find the cold water pattern for your lake....then stick with
it! grin
JK

Go-bassn wrote:
Actually it's extremely cold water by Florida standards Rich.

Actually, when I saw Bradeton in the original message, for some reason, my
mind skipped the FL and decided to invent a town called Brandenton Missouri.
So I wasn't thinking FL at all. I think I skipped right past the part of the
message where he mentions seatrout in the bay.

Yes, that is a might cold in FL.


Florida
strain bass typically shut-down under these conditions.


You couldn't prove it by the catches in the Harris Chain tourney this week.

All things considered, unless there are fish milling around beds, I'd still
go with the jerkbait suggestion.


RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing