The full moon of March is on the 11th. This seems like it would be the best day of the year for big fish, especially since it looks like we might get an earlier than normal spawn with so little rain. What are you going to do to take advantage of this on that weekend?

I think I'm going to go night fishing at Coyote Lake (great trophy water and one of the only places in the area night fishing is legal). I'll be throwing the Castaic Trout allllll night long.

Nicolo


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This ugly fish I caught last Sat had spawning on her mind. Fat with eggs and sitting in less than 3 ft of bare shoreline.

Nicolo
Good point, there should be big fish moving shallow RIGHT NOW if not yesterday to spawn and check out the spawning areas. The few days before the full moon on March 11th should be awesome. I really hope to get out to San Pablo around that time. Here fishy fishy fish...

Hey are you gonna tube it or bank or boat fish? If you are going to tube it let me know I'll hit it up with you.

The Bass will NOT be spawing on March 11. The temp has to be atleast 60-62 degress before they start spawning. You should know that.

I agree. But prespawn has always been better than the spawn for me. And the full moon will create more prespawn activity than other periods. And so IMO this weekend is probably the best days of the year for trophy bass.

Nico

Don't tell the fish at Clear lake. We were up there today and they may not have been actively spawning but they were fat pigs up in 2 to 4 feet of water checking it out. The weights in the wonbass tournament were sickening. We had 21+ lbs for 15th place!

In SoCal, they are moving up! I got a 9.6 today up shallow, saw a guy with a 16 and a 14, it must be time! He got the two girls sight fishing, all fish were released- I love this time of year- baseball and big bass!

I used to think so too, but recently in a conversation with one of the most successful big bass fishermen who has ever lived, Mike Long, I asked about spawning temps for bass. Mike insisted that water temp has very little if anything to do with it. Rather, length of day / time of year, coinciding with a full moon makes all the difference !
I know there a lot of guys who are just blowing smoke, but when a guy has caught dozens of bass over 15 lbs, (3 16's and 2 18's in just the last 5 weeks !!!) I tend to pay very close attention to what he is saying !

Some points to ponder,
Fish Chris

Chris, is Mike Long in a white Champion?? Just wondering, thought he may have been the guy I saw with the 14 and 16-