| As the summer begins to heat up in many areas, | | | | These baits should be fished around shoreline |
| so does bass fishing. Many bass fishermen agree | | | | cover, as bass migrate here during the night |
| that there is no better time of the year to catch | | | | when water temperatures cool off. The key to |
| bass than the summertime and in this article I will | | | | working these bass baits during hot weather is to |
| outline 3 extremely effective bass baits to use | | | | work them very slowly. |
| during the hot summer months. When the | | | | - Lipless Swim Baits - Anytime that you are bass |
| weather gets hot the bass baits that are | | | | fishing during the heat of the day lipless swim |
| employed should be adjusted to match what the | | | | baits such as the KickTail Minnow or traditional |
| bass are doing, and bass tend to react differently | | | | lipless baits such as the Rat-L-Trap can be difficult |
| as the weather (and subsequently the water | | | | to beat. Count these bass baits down to the |
| temperatures) heat up. | | | | depth that bass seem to be holding at and you |
| Bass fishing tends to become a bit more difficult | | | | are good to go. You can accomplish this task by |
| during extremely hot weather, mostly because | | | | varying the speed of your retrieve. The faster |
| during extremely hot weather water | | | | you reel your lipless swim bait in the shallower it |
| temperatures can become all but unbearable to | | | | will run and vice versa. |
| bass. As the bass look to cool off, which means | | | | - Floating Worms - Four to six inch floating worms |
| that late evening and especially early mornings | | | | in a variety of colors are a great bait when you |
| tend to be the most productive times of the day | | | | speak of hot weather bass fishing. Both Texas |
| to fish, bass tend to migrate to deeper water | | | | and Carolina rigged floating worms work very well |
| because deeper water means cooler water. This | | | | during the hot summer months and need to be a |
| means that during the hottest parts of the day, | | | | part of your tackle bag/box. As the day |
| look for bass to be in deeper water than during | | | | progresses start to look for active bass in deeper |
| the early mornings or late evenings when bass | | | | water and fish your floating worm Texas style |
| can be found feeding in the shallows. | | | | for the best results. Earlier in the day when bass |
| In any case, the following 3 bass baits should | | | | are shallower, rig your floating worm Carolina |
| definitely be a part of any serious bass | | | | style. |
| fisherman's bass fishing arsenal, there's no doubt | | | | The bottom line is that all of these baits are |
| about it. | | | | extremely effective during the hot weather |
| - Top Water Baits - Top water baits such as | | | | months of July, August, and even early |
| Zara Spook's or Pop-R's are both excellent | | | | September. Have these bass baits available during |
| choices when bass fishing during hot weather, as | | | | these times and you will experience much more |
| long as they are used during the early morning or | | | | bass fishing success. |
| late evenings when the water is completely flat. | | | | |