After spending the entire winter plotting my moves for the impending spring bass explosion, it is finally here. Except that it hasn't really been an explosion, more like a reality check. Spring bass fishing is tough for a couple reasons you forget during the months you expect to struggle. First, the transition period before the spawn is tough to track. The pre-spawn feeding frenzy you see on the Saturday morning shows can come and go before you know it. Suddenly the fish are on their beds; its great sight fishing but they are sluggish. Then comes the post spawn. Once again they can be sluggish. Erratic weather conditions present another complicating factor throughout the season. After a few weeks of intense heat the water column inverts and the bass head for deep water.
There are windows of opportunity to be exploited. But spring bass fishing is still bass fishing. If you want a lot of strikes go for panfish, or stocked trout. If you want to catch one fish that will make your week go for bass. My goal: one solid largemouth bass on a fly rod. My follow on goal is to fix my boat and become a true bass slayer, which is tough to do from the bank.
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