As most fisherman know there is three seasons or periods that spring is split into.
Pre spawn is the time when fish are moving into the shallows after their winter haunts.
Spawn is when the bass is actually in the stage of making the beds and spawning. The last period is that of post spawn when fish are starting their migration back out to the deep water where they will spend much of the summer months. While your area of the country might start these three phases earlier or later than others all bodies of water go through these stages. The first of the stages is the pre-spawn time. This is when the fish migrate from the deep water which they have been in for the cold water months.