Every year the shortest day of the year-ends on December 20 or 21st and the slow winter fishing changes immediately. There has never been a doubt in my mind or by the way my 13 years of history that after the winter solstice the bass fishing gets better. The late November and early December seems to be the toughest days on the water for bass fishing, then like a dose of magic the fishing turns on once the days start to get a little longer. What happens or what changes that cause this change or get the bass back active and feeding so we can enjoy our bass fishing past time.

Well first of all the day’s start getting longer, and believe it or not the longer days even though measured in minutes seems to have an immediate effect on the bass feeding habits. The longer day means more sunlight, which gives more midday heat to the water and hence more active bass. Next we generally get a couple of weeks of real cold weather during January and the cold starts to really take a toll on the grass, and as the grass pulls away from the bottom the bass concentrate or school more and more each day. The more they school the more competitive they become over food and active fish become more abundant. Lastly I believe that as soon as we start gaining daylight the bass starts moving in motion for the spawn. There are always setbacks in this with extreme cold days or cold water, but they quickly recover. Bass in motion, starting the movement to the spawn stay in motion and everyday as we work toward spring just accentuates the movement.

We are at the winter solstice the days will start getting longer so get ready because you will see marked improvement everyday in the bass fishing.

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Captain Mike Gerry