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3 Active Ways to Grab a Cold-Weather Bass Attention
Use these presentations to boat more cold-water bass as the season winds down.
Baits that flash, vibrate or otherwise draw attention work well in late fall. This smallie was caught on a SteelShad blade bait. (Photo by Brad Richardson, Get N Bit Productions) December 17, 2020 By Mike Pehanich
Conventional wisdom has it that cold-weather angling is a game of patience and subtlety, with finesse jigs, live bait and dead-sticked plastics dominating the list of lazy lures for late-fall and winter bass.
But that isn t necessarily so.
Anticipating the onset of winter, bass tend to feed heavily, and often lures with action and vibration trigger some of the season’s best bites. Here are three ways to use these active presentations to boat more bass as the season winds down.