Winter Fishing...

Went out yesterday with a fella named Marshal Yarnell to wack some coldwater bass and prep a little for the first local tournament at Buckeye Lake next week. It was insanely cold, at least for ripping down the lake at 60 plus. You talk to alot of people around here and they would think you were nuts for going bass fishing with the water temps in the low 40s, air temps in the 30s and zero sunlight. Its not like your gonna lose count of your bites but the action is no different then alot of days in the middle of the summer. We got maybe 6 or 7 bites for the day, caught 4 nice chunky keepers and lost a 5th that would have given us around 7lbs for the day. I want to emphasize the fact that we did this in a LAKE, not a farm pond. The reason I bring that up is thats the way you catch bass in the winter. You can catch bass in a farm pond year around, you can catch bass in a lake year around as well, if you fish it like you would a pond. You have to find areas of the lake that have resident fish that dont leave for deep water. Essentially you are looking for "ponds" within the lake. Two presentations usually work, lipless crank baits that elicit a reaction bite or small, slowly moving baits like a shakyhead worm or a small jig that are in a fishs face long enough to make them decide to eat. Remember those things and you can break up your winter with some hot bass action.  lol, that sounded like a lame In Fisherman article.