Spawning Temperature

[AgriHawg]

About what temperature do the bass start to get ready to spawn? (get on their beds)
thanks
J

[mcherry]

It all depends, I have seen them sweeping beds at 53-55 degrees and noticed last few years one end of the lake is always warming up faster than the other. The females are getting ready to do their thing so they are normally really shallow. I remember one tx we saw a few empty clean beds and we came around this small point and there are 2 bass sitting there, I saw them and we turned the boat around and tied on the bed catching eye crossing lures. We get back to them 5 mins. and they both swam off, I threw a LC pointer in the directions they were going and something took my LC, My partner then threw T-rigged senko and caught one of them. So my point to the story is they should be very shallow once you see 55 and maybe going to the beds late in the afternoon hours as the water is still warming up and the days are getting longer. I normally go 3-4 times a week once I see 55 degrees. Sorry got long winded but I love this time of year.

[AgriHawg]

Thanks for the response. I was thinking it would be around 55 degrees.

[haleconst]

The full moon when the water gets to about 60 to 62 degrees.

[Preston]

I've noticed that the further north you go the cooler the water can be. In Fla. my ideal temp. is 62.5 but in north Ala. and Texas I've caught them in 60. Never done anything cooler than that. Not saying they won't but I've never seen it.

[Timberwolf530]

I've always heard 60-64 deg, but the bass don't seem to read the same books I do.

[mcherry]

Water temp was 50.1 all day seen a ton of beds and even saw one sweeping it off. They are so ready to spawn. but the weather was rainy and cold (3 days in a row), so they pulled off to about 8-10ft range on the wood and points...

[ezmuny13]

here's in what twra gives

http://www.state.tn.us/twra/fi....html

[tuckerabbi]

thats a bit diff from everyone experiance

[chia240]

One rule of thumb that has worked for me is: when the dogwood trees start to bloom the bass go on the bed. Of course I live in Georgia and I don't know how that workks for you.

[DIXIEDOG]

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That's also a chart for Tenn., if the largemouths waited for 70 deg water to spawn in Maine they wouldn't spawn until August Heck some years they wouldn't even spawn

It's different depending on typical climate of the area.

[20_lb_sack]

Works pretty much the same here in Missouri, Dogwoods and Redbuds blooming mean the white bass are running and Bass are starting to spawn.

[Mark Perry]

Seen fish spawning here in 57 degree water. Crazy year this year so far.

[Bigbassbo]

No one has mentioned moon phases? Do they play that large of a role?

[mountbkr]

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[fishnfool38]

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Yep, It seems to be better around the full moon you will see the biggest movements but a new moon will work as well just not the full affect. The coolest I have seen bedders is 57* these fish will leave you high and dry with a cold front sweeping thru. When the water temp drops it can kill the eggs, the cold water will cause some type of fungus on the eggs and kill them!