Finding smallmouths immediately at ice out depends on your temperature gauge and intricate knowledge of the lake’s locations as they relate to seasons. Be mindful that smallmouths are sensitive to water temperature changes. Any trickle of warmth is a trigger for increased feeding, while cold fronts are a killer.
The main challenges we receive from cold fronts are the less than ideal and unmotivating fishing conditions they bring; Cold overnight temperatures, cloudless, bluebird, bright skies with humid-less crisp air that accompanies the high pressure that rides the frontal system’s backside. Spring cold fronts come frequently and often, as they usually follow thunderstorms, rain
If you want to learn about a new type of forage connection, then here’s a good one for you….. Back in October, many lakes received their annual walleye stockings. Many stockings succeed, others do not. As my anglers and I launched that morning, we found several carcasses of deceased extended growth fingerling walleyes
