Cold Water Baits on Guntersville

Cold Water Baits

Cold water can be your friend or your enemy as bait selection can be key to having success during the cold spells; baits that I have been using for many years and God willing for many more to come have had success, but things change and sometimes you must adjust. The thing that most my winter selection of baits has in common is, s they have caught fish for me for a long time, they are all presented slowly and they are confidence baits for me.

I always ask customers what your confidence bait is, most fisherman just believe that there is some special bait they always catch fish with and to me the first bait I grab in the cold of the winter has to be confidence bait. There are many reasons I ask people which is their confidence bait but the biggest is when your positive about what you’re doing you accomplish better results so confidence that you can catch a fish on a particular bait is key. These baits for me start with a Tight-Line football jig, jigs are for sure known for their slow presentation and in the cold of winter working a football jig just gets good results and solid fish. The thing that is an important factor is being able to place and keeps a jig in the strike zone an important part of winter fishing. Bass are very location sensitive in the cold weather and being able to place that jig in the strike zone and keep it there can be the difference maker.

Next is a jerk bait, I know many people believe a jerk bait is like the SPRO McStick is used in active fishing time but to me there is no better winter bait than a jerk bait. You just have to adjust and slow your presentation down to meet the wintertime slower bite. Pausing is a key ingredient of fishing jerk baits in the winter; letting that bait sit and rock for several seconds at a time can be the difference.

Lastly is the SPRO Aruka Shad rattle bait, its consistent and seems to attract the bass well in the cold water. These are all killer baits in the cold water for me ones I prove yearly that work.