Winter Bass Fishing. 02/07/14

                Winter bass fishing can be incredibly frustrating at times, but it can be incredibly rewarding as well. A real fisherman has no choice but to fish regardless of weather. It's a time to gain confidence and lose the B.S.

Wintertime can cause you to rethink every aspect of your fishing. Action can be "few and far between" at best. When weeks go by without getting a single bite, you start to question if you are as good a fisherman as you believe? That's when you really start digging deep into the knowledge you've acquired through time, studying and questioning it. 

All of the sudden you need bass magazine's and youtube to confirm some of your ways of thinking. You ritually dial in your gear, fine tuning it, to be ready at all times. You're out back checking and adjusting your lures' actions and times in the swimming pool. You finally do look back into your journals of the previous years. You find yourself monitoring the weather, wind, and moon phase religiously. You now 'go' at the peak times instead of just reading it after the fact to see how accurate it was. You're more aware of your every movement, minimizing, stalking quietly and blending into the environment. Your senses heighten, looking for the slightest scent, ripple, or shadow that may hint your prey is in the vicinity. You fish hard and long in hopes that It will all come together, the planets align, and the Gods smile down upon thee. 

Then, when you finally do hook into a fish of quality, you respect and admire it more than ever, then slide her back into the water. There's no celebrating, nobody is out there to witness anyway. The knowledge you gained from this experience will carry you through the toughest times on or off the water. 

On your way home, you analyze the key components to your success and think of ways you could have done it better. 

All of the time and effort you spent translates into confidence acquired. You look forward to getting out there again....

That is why you must fish in the wintertime. Even though winter bass fishing can be incredibly frustrating at times.

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