I had a busy time on the water last year. I fished all over North Central Washington and had a lot of very successful trips. The one thing that I didn’t do enough of was fishing for bass. This is a ton of fun and vowed to do more of it this year. It’s not too early to get started either. There have been a lot of big bass turned in at the tournaments already this season and looking back on some of my old photos I found that I had caught some really nice smallmouth this time of year. Moses Lake is great place to start bass fishing. There are literally miles of shoreline and lots of docks to cast to on Moses Lake. Right now, fish should be in pre-spawn mode and not yet on their beds. They will be staging soon, though, and fishing will be off the charts. Potholes is another early-season bet for both largemouth and smallmouth bass and Banks can be very productive, too. Casting Senkos, tube jigs and even crankbaits will work this time of year. When I get the snow cleared off my boat I am going to plan a bass fishing adventure on Moses Lake.
Here I am with an April-caught smallmouth, taken on a crankbait.