Fishing News
March Madness Also Means It's Time For Spring Fishing
By Mel Phillips, [email protected]
It happens every year. An epidemic that affects the anglers in our region, and the only cure for spring fishing fever is a trip to one of our local lakes.
The air temperature hits 70, and suddenly boat tarps are rolled back and a previously rather normal person is transformed into a fanatic that has to go fishing, NOW. Sure the angler knows the water temperature is still in the 40s, but he also knows that it has been months since the fish have seen a lure.
Knowing that this disease will strike hundreds of local fishermen, I have dug through my dusty fishing records, and here are the top fish-catching lures that have caught bass during the early spring conditions at Lake Baylor, our local lake that warms up the earliest.
One note of warning before you head off to any lake: Be sure to take an extra winter coat, and don't go fishing without wearing a good life jacket. Accidentally falling out the boat into the cold water is an experience that can kill a person. Water in the 40s can paralyze the body and cause the mind to panic. Spring fishing is definitely the time to take a buddy with you. Also, pay attention to the weather because our region is famous for those late-season arctic blasts that can turn a routine fishing trip into a survival event.
Back to the lures that have historically caught big bass in the early spring.
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