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2025, Tiny Lures for Pre-Spawn Muskie Fishing
Pre-spawn muskie enter selective feeding phases ignoring large profiles they'd typically attack, requiring downsized 2 to 4 inch bass-style presentations triggering strikes from lethargic fish. Cory Allen's approach reveals how slow retrieval with subtle action outperforms aggressive presentations when fish conserve energy during late winter through early spring transitions, with leader adjustments maintaining natural lure action in shallow staging areas.
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2019, Live Bait Fishing PreSpawn Florida Largemouth Bass
Trophy bass feed aggressively before spawning stress depletes energy, but this brief window demands understanding where fish stage during transition. Captain Nick Kefalides explains wild shiner rigging for Lake Tohopekaliga's weed edges, why trolling open grass beds locates scattered prespawn fish, and how structure presentation differs from bedding-phase approaches.
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2020, The Changing Habits of Bedding Bass
Largemouth bass' habits in crowded lakes have changed significantly over the past decade due to pressure, heavy rain, and increased current. Bass have a memory of locations that drive them to different areas, and their feeding habits have also changed. Fishing pressure, heavy rain, and increased current can change the ideal bottom structure for spawning, leading bass to move away from heavily fished areas. Fisherman must adjust to these changes to find suitable spawning areas.
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