{"id":12786,"date":"2024-04-02T06:19:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T12:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclarion.org\/?p=12786"},"modified":"2024-04-02T06:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T12:19:30","slug":"fishing-tip-of-the-week-157","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/?p=12786","title":{"rendered":"Fishing tip of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fishing the Spawn<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>by Mike Gerry<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are approaching the spawn. As it approaches, there are some keys to catching bass for you to keep in mind and really improve your day on the water.<br \/>\nThe first thing is to do a little<!--more--><br \/>\nResearch and understand the bass behavior during the spawn. <br \/>\nBass generally move to<br \/>\nshoreline where there are hard bottom areas and they can create nests and guard their<br \/>\neggs to spawn. <br \/>\nWater temperature is crucial as bass generally bed with water temps between<br \/>\n60 and 70 degrees. <br \/>\nPolarized sunglasses are a must so you can locate visually the beds or the<br \/>\ncleared-out circle areas in the shallows.<\/p>\n<p>Lure selection is critical during the spawn, lightly weighted soft plastics are a must so you can<br \/>\nentice the bass while they\u2019re in the bedding process. I like creature baits, worms, lizards<br \/>\nduring the spawn. There are many ways to rig them to get a positive result. Whacky rigged is a<br \/>\nfavorite, Teas rigged lightly weighted with 1\/8 oz. slip weight is also effective, Neiko<br \/>\nrigged. Drop shot rigs work in the spawn. The key is patience, effective and enticing<br \/>\nshaking of the bait with a jigging action that gives them a reason to strike. <br \/>\nIt\u2019s also a must to<br \/>\napproach beds quietly so the bass doesn\u2019t get scared and moves off the bed as you approach<br \/>\nthem. Many times, depending on water clarity you can see the beds and target fish you can<br \/>\nsee with your bait. Sight fishing is a favorite for many bed fishermen on clear lakes especially<br \/>\nwhere the lake is relatively deep except on the shorelines, and you can easily see and fish on<br \/>\ntheir beds.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that bed fishing is a favorite of many bass fishermen, its also a time when<br \/>\nyour next year\u2019s fishing conditions are right in front of you; if you don\u2019t respect the bedding<br \/>\nfish by putting them back you could hurt next years conditions. <br \/>\nRemember weather<br \/>\nconditions can change bedding fish habits fronts move them off and, on the beds, cold water<br \/>\nmoves them out, wind can move them so adapting to the weather is key to successful bed<br \/>\nfishing. <br \/>\nAdjust to the weather and have fun as the bedding fish are always a blast to catch.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Captain Mike<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fishing the Spawn by Mike Gerry We are approaching the spawn. As it approaches, there are some keys to catching bass for you to keep in mind and really improve your day on the water. The first thing is to do a little<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12787,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12786\/revisions\/12787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}