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Friday, February 29, 2008
March bass: What’s your favorite lake?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March is high time for bass fishing in Georgia. The weather and water warms and the bass begin preparing for the mating season.
The bass spawn should begin this month in north Georgia, which is why the spring is the best time of the year to catch a big bass.
Of the Georgia Outdoors News’ list of the top 50 all-time biggest bass in Georgia, 14 were caught in March. Another eight came in April and six were in May. (George Perry’s world record bass, which weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces, was caught June 2, 1932).
That means more than half of the fish on GON’s list came in or around the spring spawn. Is there a bass fisherman out there whose blood doesn’t get going at least a little bit by that fact?
I have been waiting 40 years to catch a 10-pound bass. Perhaps this is the year it finally happens.
So, as we get out the tackle, spool new line on our reels and think about having the spring fishing of a lifetime, we need to pick where to go.
I’m choosing a small lake somewhere — actually, I know where, I’m just not sharing yet — and my confidence level is already pretty high.
What is your favorite Georgia lake to catch bass?
