Rise and Shine Largemouths
Rise and shine! Multiple alarms sound off, prompting me to get out of bed. It’s 3am, and pitch-black outside. I sleep-walk into the kitchen, and fire up the coffee pot. To wake up and get my day started, I’ll need more than just a few copious cups of high-caffeinated coffee. If you’re FAR from a morning person like I am, rejoice in knowing these next few hours of the day, once you arrive at the lake, could produce the very best action and trophy largemouth fishing opportunities of the summer season. My wake-up call is catching a monster bass at daybreak. This is the one instance you’ll need to be on the water by 5am, and then be done by breakfast at 9am. Although northern largemouths have voracious appetites with the capability of eating all day long, some parts of the day can be more special than others, and open additional feeding windows to catch fish at higher rates than usual. In this part of the world, it’s often the early morning bite. Once summer-peak settles in by mid-July, and warm hot days dictate fishing times, anticipate good fishing to occur at sunrise. Chasing trophies is what I do in mid-summer. The only reason I succeed is