Nothing worse than Winter Cold Fronts

Cold Spells in the Winter

There is probably nothing that changes the location and patterns of bass more than an extreme cold spell during the winter in the south. The north Alabama area is subject to all kinds of weather in the winter it changes daily as we progress from January to early April in this part of the country. We see it warm to extremely cold all winter long so adjusting, from one day to the next can be the key to consistent catches this time of year. Just in the last week we have gone from 70 degrees to the 20’s and finding fish and getting them to bite will not be easy until the weather stabilizes again.

Some of the reasons for this are the obvious issues, like water temperature as it can drop 15 degrees in the shallows during this kind of temperature change moving the fish off their patterns as they adjust their bodies to the colder water. It also moves the bait fish and as the bait goes so do the bass, so a key can easily be seen on your electronics if there is no bait fish generally you can assume there is no bass in that area. Its also common that cold front are followed bye high pressure and as we all know high pressure shuts down fishing of all types for at least a day in most cases. The extent of it just depends on the area and how drastic the change is!