Up here, the seasons can change in a flash and weather patterns evolve quickly. As lake surface temperatures slightly warm, bass instinctively sense these changes and go on the move. Although they aren’t known to be a migratory species, largemouths can school and undergo movements. Following a brief transition period after ice-out, they set up in staging areas before infiltrating the shallows. A slight increase in water temperature, to the mid-40’s, is just enough to trigger the first movements of spring from their main lake wintering areas to the shallow warming sections of every lake. Without question, warming water triggers all spring movements. From plankton and baitfish, to panfish and predators, the right areas must have warming water and be warmer than any other shallow water in the lake. The shallow locations must also attract and contain a food supply too that will ultimately draw in largemouths, and much of the lake’s entire fishery. Eventually, fish will disperse from these areas to where they will spawn at weeks later in early June. Where to go and what to do is a calculation, as not every lake is created equally or operates the same. Look c