COLD water largies - open water

[Bigguyone]

I have a pond near my house that has some largemouth in it and it is opening up enough to fish (ice coming off) but I wanted to get some input from you guys about techniques to try when the largies are letharic early in the year - water is 38 degrees...maybe up to 40 by saturday...

Please let me know what techniques you would recommend - can sight fish a little.

My buddy went out and said it seemed with a senko they would come up, investigate and swim away slowly.

Thank you in advance for your input on how I can coax these babies into doin' a little feedin'...on my hook.

[TonkaBass]

you could try a suspending jerkbait. Try it with long pauses.

[Bigguyone]

ok - I planned to try a slow tube, suspending jerk bait, jig with trailers (slow), senko and a very slow rolled oversize blade spinnerbait

the more feedback the better! Please keep puttin in your wisdom

[Superduty]

Where are you located? The bass season is closed in most of MN.

[JimBuck]

As SuperDuty suggested....the bass season is closed in most of Minnesota. If season is open in your neck of the woods, I suggest throwing some weightless plastics...long pauses.

[Nick Kuhn]

Last year after ice out I was catching a few accidently throwing crappie sized tubes and inline spinners (size 0 Mepps). These were small fish though in amongst the crappies. All presentations were as slow as I could keep them off the bottom.

[Bigguyone]

I am in Utah. I fish MN as much as I can in the summer for sure.....

I'll report back sat eve or sunday to let you know how it goes....

[bassphish2005]

lucky....fishing for BASS!

[jwhjr]

lucky....fishing for BASS!

No doubt. I've been getting the itch this year even earlier than usual to hit the open water for some bass.

[EBass]

Senko fished wacky very very slow. Small bitsy bug jig with craw like trailer again fished slow. Maybe even a single colorado blade spinnerbait slow rolled unless utah bass don't like colorado:)