| When the water begins to cool and shad move in the | | | | Ever see a bass on the beds? Try a slow moving |
| shallows, the big bass move in too. Of course, we | | | | buzzbait to entice them to move your intruding lure off |
| know it's because bass love shad, it's their favorite | | | | the bed. If you can't go slow enough with the blade |
| food in many lakes. | | | | you're using try a 3 blade buzzbait, it allows you to |
| Once they are in the shallows and hugging the bank | | | | keep the lure on top at a super slow speed. This |
| you want tothrow your buzzer parallel with the bank. | | | | should cause that bedding bass to want to move it. |
| Sometimes, you will get a lot of blow-ups but no fish. | | | | Please, if you do catch a bass on her bed, always |
| This is usually because the bass want the buzzbait at | | | | return it quickly to the water. I personally don't fish for |
| a slower pace. One way to do this effectively is to go | | | | bedding bass, but there are a lot of huge female bass |
| from a small blade to a big blade. That allows you to | | | | on beds for sure. |
| work the buzzbait more slowly and still keep it on top. | | | | When the water warms to the mid 70's bass usually |
| During the fall, the bass see the buzzbait as a shad | | | | move to deeperwater. This is the time to use |
| trying toescape. Then unlike other times, you are | | | | buzzbaits in early morning or atnight. The early morning |
| catching bass feedinginstead of just a reaction strike | | | | bass you catch are usually going back to deeper |
| mainly. For bright skies andclear water try a nickle | | | | water from the feeding area. You buzzbait can get |
| blade with a white skirt. The white skirt resembles a | | | | them to strike for that last meal. |
| shad in clear water. On cloudy days and stained water | | | | When fishing cover with a buzzbait, throw past the |
| try a gold blade with a blue, black or chartreuse skirt. | | | | cover and letthe buzzer come back to the target and |
| Buzzbaits can be used anytime the water | | | | actually bump the buzzbait against the cover. The |
| temperatures are about 50 degrees or warmer. | | | | erratic movement many times will produce a strike. |
| The noise factor...ever have a buzzbait that squeaks? | | | | This past week we have had lots of rain and the |
| About drivesyou nuts doesn't it? I have some good | | | | lakes are a little out of the banks. Guess what, that is |
| news! I saved a bunch ofmoney by switching my car | | | | more areas for bass to roam. Now a buzzbait is a |
| insurance to Geico. Sorry, I couldn'thelp it. Actually the | | | | great search tool, so throw it in the new flooded areas |
| good news is it drives bass nuts too. So, if your | | | | of your favorite lake to find the bass. |
| buzzbaits is squeaking let it squeak, the louder | | | | One last but main tip. Don't ever fish a buzzbait without |
| thebetter. | | | | a trailer hook and to even get more strikes use a red |
| When you cast the buzzbait, get those blades moving | | | | trailer hook. |
| the second it hits the water. When there is a lot of | | | | Have fun this fall and catch bass and when you do on |
| cover, you need to have those blades turning as you | | | | a buzzbaitusing one of these techniques, write me a |
| don't have the convenience of getting the buzzer | | | | thank you note. |
| working over a long distance. | | | | |