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What are the conditions to look for that promote feeding frenzies or are times to prioritize getting on the water?
Great question! Understanding how weather conditions affect bass behavior can significantly improve your chances of experiencing those feeding frenzies we all love.
Based on the video context provided, here are some key weather conditions that promote feeding frenzies or indicate the best times to prioritize getting on the water:
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Stable Warm Conditions Before a Cold Front:
- Context: Randy Blaukat mentions that warm, stable weather conditions before a cold front are ideal. During this period, bass are typically the most aggressive and actively feeding.
- Explanation: When you have a southerly airflow with some clouds and a bit of wind, bass tend to be more active. This is because they sense the approaching front and feed heavily in anticipation of the changing conditions.
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Pre-Spawn Period:
- Context: During the pre-spawn period, especially on sunny to partly cloudy days with water temperatures in the low 50s, bass are very active.
- Explanation: In the pre-spawn period, bass move into shallow waters to prepare for spawning. They are often more aggressive and can be targeted effectively with big jigs and chatter baits.
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Rainy Conditions:
- Context: BamaBass highlights that light rain creates low-pressure situations which can lead to excellent fishing conditions.
- Explanation: Rain can oxygenate the water and reduce light penetration, making bass more comfortable and likely to feed. Throwing a buzzbait in these conditions can be particularly effective.
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Sunny Days in Off-Colored Water:
- Context: Randy Blaukat notes that in off-colored or stained water, sunny days can actually improve bass activity.
- Explanation: In murky water, bass rely more on their lateral line to detect prey, and the increased light can help them see better, making them more likely to bite.
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Spring Warming Trends:
- Context: During spring, a warming trend over several days can trigger spawning behavior.
- Explanation: As water temperatures rise, bass move into shallower waters to spawn. This period can be highly productive as bass are more concentrated and aggressive.
Technical Terms Explained:
- Pre-Spawn: The period before bass begin to spawn, typically when they move into shallower waters.
- Chatter Baits: A type of lure known for its vibrating action, which can attract bass in various conditions.
- Buzzbait: A topwater lure that creates a buzzing sound and surface disturbance, effective in rainy conditions.
- Low-Pressure Situations: Weather conditions often associated with rain and overcast skies, which can make bass more active.
In summary, look for stable warm conditions before a cold front, pre-spawn periods with rising water temperatures, light rain, sunny days in off-colored water, and spring warming trends. These conditions can significantly increase your chances of encountering feeding frenzies and having a successful day on the water.
If you have any more specific questions or need further clarification, feel free to ask!
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Here It Is!…A 40 Minute Seminar On How Weather Affects Bass by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → chatter baits this is the time of year you want to take advantage of that and anytime that you're fishing those big Power baits that are moving power baits again it's all about that southerly air floor flow you get that weather pattern where you have some clouds Drilling in and you've got a 10 20 mile an hour south wind get up on the bank there and start fishing those you know baits shallow in those pre-spawn staging areas which are normally like your creek Channel type Banks a little bit steeper type Banks like that now the other aspect about that in the pre-spawn you can take advantage of is during the pre-spawn is one of my favorite time to fish a big jig like you know my block at old school with a big trailer on it um I like a sunny day I like a sunny to partly cloudy day and I'm moving in Shallow I'm flipping I'm flipping and pitching and eating around shallow whatever shallow targets the lake may have it could be rock it could be stumps it could be lay downs it could be Boat Docks but guys when you have a uh say a bright partly cloudy day in March or whenever your pre-spawn period is and you've got water temperatures that are in that 50 degree range maybe in the low 50s that's the best time of year to catch and pitching and flipping a jig
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Stable/Pre-Frontal Conditions…How To Catch Bass Then by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → hey guys what's going on welcome back to another edition of intuitive angling on the road here still trying to pick our way down to Florida here it's been slow going and uh just stopped for some gas I wanted to do this morning's video so anyway today yesterday we talked about us talking about different weather patterns as far as maybe how to approach it I want to continue with that today and today I want to talk about stable warm stay stable weather conditions basically warm stable weather conditions like before cold front goes in and uh you know this is probably my favorite time to fish I mean when you have a southerly airflow and you know leading up to you know a frontal passage that's on its way once you start getting a situation like that that's when the bass are the most aggressive that they're going to be at any time they're actively feeding that time A lot of times you've got some clouds Drilling in you've got a little bit of wind southerly airflow all those factors together combined for some excellent fishing and there's very few situations where the bass aren't as active as they are during those situations so what you want to do is you want to take advantage of that by Fishing Baits that attract bigger fish that are actively feeding this is the time of year or the time of conditions you want to fish like the bigger moving
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One Simple Way to Catch More Fish by TacticalBassin → some patterns the fish are just totally oblivious to the weather they don't care if it's sunny cloudy raining they're just chewing others are very weather specific so if you feel that weather had any sort of effect on the bite at all just go ahead and write down the weather conditions of when you caught the fish it's for a quick run down to those variables again it's first waiting whoo second location third date and time fourth lure and fifth weather if you feel necessary and that's my take on record-keeping I'll talk to you real soon see you later
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How To Find And Catch Fish Fast | How To | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → if they're not on those humps, or if they're not
on those points, or if they're not on those docks, where might those fish go? Get an idea
of that sense of the surrounding areas. Armed with that map information and with
the historical information you just did, the next piece is looking at your information for current conditions. Obviously,
that starts off with weather. You're gonna look at what's been happening over the past 20 days
or so. And look for the general trends, not the major fronts and stuff that's come
through, but is it on a general warming pattern, or is it generally going in a cooling pattern,
or have things been relatively stable? And then look at, like, the couple of days
preceding the day you're gonna go fishing and maybe on the day you're gonna go fishing. Are
conditions gonna change? Is the weather gonna do a dramatic warm-up, or cool-down? Is there
gonna be a front coming through? Things like that, keep in your mind, and, like, how that's
gonna play out and how that might affect the fish and position them. It may even affect
their disposition during your day of fishing. One of the things I like to do at this point is
I like to open up an app called Bass Forecast. That app is pretty cool. It looks at exactly
what I just told you. It looks at the trends, but it also looks at solunar times specific
for your area, specifically for your lake.
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Fishing On Sunny Days…90% Of All Anglers Make This MAJOR Mistake… by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → will find in general that the more off-colored water and the more stained that the water is the brighter sunny days the fish are going to bite better they react better doesn't have that big of an impact on them and as the water clears up a little bit it's going to have a lot bigger impact with it so the advice that I would give you from about June until October out there is seek on those sunny days out there seek the shade you know it doesn't have to be a lot of shade it can be just something as big as the hood of your car but always seek the shade in a sunny on a sunny time situation now the exception to that would be if you're fishing for Smallmouth bath if you're fishing for Smallmouth especially in the northern interior states of of lakes like Great Lakes Champlain St Clair all that type of stuff Smallmouth will actually prefer sunny weather in that warmer weather time of the year they they they're more sight feeders they're more aggressive they Hammer moving baits so they're a little bit different species with that but overall you know when you're talking about catching bass in the sun guys just try to consider your water temperature you know this the wind direction the wind speed all has a big factor to play in it type of cover that your fishing and just remember that the fish are
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Understanding How the Weather Affects Bass Fishing - Wind, Pressure, Rain, and Moon Phases by BamaBass → when it's raining as long as it's not lightning we'll get right out there in the middle of it because that is when you see your low-pressure situations occur you know light rain is usually the best scenario but we'll get out there and fish in those conditions because you are often rewarded so don't shy away from fishing in the rain but also don't go out in the middle of a lightning storm so use good judgment on the lightning factor of it but one of my favorite things to do is go out and throw a buzzbait while it's raining that's just one of the things I've done a lot and I love fishing that Buzzbee in the rain all right and as we all know the weather changes sometimes drastically throughout the seasons of a year so I want to break down you know the spring summer fall and winter and tips on what you should be looking for during these times so let's start out with the spring this is the time of year that around most of the country the fish start spawning and what you need to look for is a warming trend and a lot of times I look for three or four days of bright sunshine you know not overcast days because that will warm that water up and that'll get the fish in the active spawning mode and they'll pull up shallow and that creates better fishing
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