Winter bass

Don’t let the cold keep you away

If you like to catch big bass, appreciate solitude on the lake, and know how to dress for cold weather, good bass fishing awaits you in Mississippi’s waters. December signals the end of fall fishing and the start of winter fishing throughout the northern two-thirds of the Magnolia State. And there are bass to be caught.

Let’s start by dispelling the widely held and often written myth that bass don’t feed when the water temperature is below 50 degrees. Bass — largemouth, smallmouth and spots — continue to feed and can be caught down to 40 degrees, maybe even when surface temperatures are a couple degrees colder.

Yes, the bass’ metabolism is slower and they will feed less often. But they will — and they do — feed, and they can be caught.

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