In spring, fish visible shoreline cover first, moving until you find crappie beds
Heck, who am I kidding, I am the one who will love them LOL
Jeffrey Abney, a friend from Elizabeth City, NC, specializes in fishing tidal rivers and creeks for monster coppernose bluegills and crappies in and throughout the Albermarle Sound
For trout fishing, I use and guide with the Shimano Stradic FL
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Now, thats not to say that a winter bass cant be aggressive, but as a whole, the population of bass in your particular body of water will become increasingly less interested in popular spring/summer/fall lures like crankbaits, chatterbaits, or topwater plugs