Bass season in KZN kicks off

Bass season in KZN kicks off

Just before the huge low pressure that blasted through this past week, the barometric pressure was sky-high…and the bass were on the feed. This is typical bass behavior in early season,when the high pressure / low pressure systems battle it out for supremacy, every few days. This happens through the whole of August and then mellows into September and October, our best bassin’ months.

Bass are starting to nest and become territorial and aggressive now. If you consistently work a good drop-off or underwater feature, an angry bass will take offence soon enough.

Here is Mike Stubbs again, with his first bass of the 2014 bass season in KZN…