Water color is a key aspect of mid-depth fishing. A bit of color helps warm the water, but too much can cause bass to shut down. (Photo by Jeff Gustafson)
Talk to any bass angler and you'll hear about catching fish shallow or catching fish deep, but what about all that water in between? Doesn't it hold bass?
Of course it does, and in the late winter throughout the South, those mid-depths—6 to 12 feet—are exactly what you should be targeting. Why the mid-depths? Well, they're a gathering area for big, pre-spawn bass, and they're often underfished.
The shallows are easy, and skilled shallow-water...