Catching Largemouth Bass around Spillways

Most bass fishermen don't even know that bass congregate around
spillways.  I'm not talking about river fishing here either.  I am talking
about any lake or pond that doesn't have current until after a big rain.  
You will find these areas in many lakes and in thousands of ponds.  

Ponds are made to handle runoff and in some of these ponds, the
water comes in from a pipe at a higher elevation than the lake.  When
this happens, the water flows downward providing a spillway into the
pond.  Worms and all types of small insects get caught in this runoff
and flow into the pond.  Bait fish and bass will be there waiting.  In some
ponds, the water will be flowing strong for only a few hours, while others
may flow for a couple of days or more.  The best time to fish these
spillways is the morning after a big rain.  

To catch bass in the spillways, you can use many baits.  The fish are
here to feed, so any bait that appeals to bass will work.  However, some
spillways offer different types of food.  A spillway around a subdivision
might dump a lot of worms into the water.  Bass are going to be here
feeding heavily on the worms, so a live worm works best, although a
plastic worm will work also.  In some ponds or lakes, the water flows in
from another body of water above and worms aren't flowing over the
spillway.  Some small organisms are falling over and the bait fish will be
feeding here.  The bass come in to feed on the bait fish.  Live minnows
or shiners work well as well as any bait that imitates a fish.  
Bass jigs
also work extremely well around spillways so don't leave home without
some jigs in your box.
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