hot weather
 

any advice on catching warm weather bass

RE: hot weather
 

If you fish a lake...fish around docks or sturcture. In rivers..fish the current. The water in the current is usually cool. The fish are usually spooky in the river, so you will have to keep a low profile when sneaking up to the riffels

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Fishing lakes and ponds in the summer gets harder as the sun gets higher.I like to get as far off the bank with my Tracker as possible,just far enough to reach the bank with a crawl tube and bring her in slowley across the bottom to the boat.Dropshotting works good too.Water temp is the main factor here,its called the thermocline,if you can find it, thats where the fish will be most of the time.Otherwise what Bassman says works great at dusk with a popper or a topwater lure.

RE: hot weather
 

Fish after sunset with jitterbugs or other topwater noise making lures.

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Last Saturday morning I started fishing top water and I cought a few nice 3-4 pounders using a Devil's Horse. Also have a Dying flutterer which is basicly the same thing that works good also. They are stick baits with props on both ends. I tried using a jitterbug but was almost attacked by a three foot gator! Seems like a jitterbug is good bait for gators, so word to the wise, dont use one if your near gators!

After the sun comes up good, go with deep running cranks baits along drop offs. Or Carolina rig the biggest worms you can find.

RE: hot weather
 

Like 8" senkos. Good luck.

RE: hot weather
 

good tip i just started useing a topwater hocus locus i think the color was called fire locus but it works great in clear water when its warm ive been catching most of my bass on top water in 5-8' of water and ill probably try a hula popper tonight