Thus, the refinement of a jig technique that is used to catch fish is to count the bait down to a desired depth and slowly swim it back to the boat. The same technique can be worked successfully if you have the patience to let a jerkbait sink to the desired level. One of the most reliable features of schooling bass is they tend to feed close to the same time and same area for several days or weeks. The big advantage to working these schools is they are likely to stay in the area unless they are forced to move due to a shift in forage, temperature change, or water level change. In other words, your best chance for the most reproducible fishing is when you have uncovered the riddles associated with schooling bass.
Many people believe that schooling bass are only small fish.
This is sometimes true, but bass tend to run in groups of the same size and age. Thus, somewhere in the lake are schools of larger bass. They are usually in deeper holding areas than most people are fishing. School bass can be fished in many ways and sometimes it's easy to work out the lessons taught by the schools. Then, there will be times you may have to try several problem-solving techniques to pass the course.