my fishing pond is half frozen and defrosting as we speak. how soon can i start fishing for channel catfish?
and how long until i can start fishing for largemouth bass. also the weather is steady around 45 degrees for the next week. also what kind of bait/lure should i be using for this early spring fishing. thank you for your answers!
you can start fishing now, and look under some rocks for worms, its free and works well
you can fish right now if you had some open water…as far as the bass go…you’ll have to wait for all the ice to be gone…
bait 4 cats….cut shad, shrimp, minnows
bait 4 bass….poppers, buzz baits
The bass will start moving in once the water warms to about 50 degrees, and cats don’t really get active until the water temps reach into the upper 60’s, but what will work as soon as ice out gets here is the walleye, & northern turn on in the shallows on the northern sections of your pond, lake, etc.
Just walking the edges of the water will clue you as to when the action really starts, & Oh, boy oh boy, I can’t wait!
I’ve got cabin fever so bad, & my sister-in-law calls my wife the other day from where they live, down by Lake Guntersville, Alabama, and says to tell me that they’re tearing up the crappie, and that bass have been spotted moving onto the beds, (I hate it when she teases me like that, cause she knows that I can’t come down there.) So, I guess it’ll be a few more weeks, and at least I can get things ready to go until then. So, be patient like me, and…… Oh!, the devil with this,…….Brenda, honey, where’s my car keys, think I’ll just take a ride down to the river, you know just to see what’s going on.(Hey!, you never know, right?)
Goodluck & Good fishing
As soon as ice breaks off start tossing a rattle trap,rouge or a spoon for cats toss out a dead shiner or shad.