bass lur Largemouth specialty – Animated Lure When can't you catch bass

If the water is in a warming trend a floater might be a better option, one that when you stop your retrieve it slowly rises to the surface

Reds and oranges, or fire craws as they're called, work best in the stained water where square-bills prevail

Here are the top 10 best bass fisheries from 2016: Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana/Texas (185,000 acres) Santee Cooper Lakes, Marion and Moultrie, South Carolina (110,000 acres and 60,000 acres, respectively) Clear Lake, California (43,785 acres) Lake Erie, New York (30-mile radius from Buffalo) Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California (1,100 square miles) Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota (132,000 acres) Lake Berryessa, California (20,700 acres) Rodman Reservoir, Florida (13,000 acres) Falcon Lake, Texas (83,654 acres) Lake

Open water areas or close to grass lines where bass are chasing bait