I believe that in January bass and bait fish alike start to move towards shallower water to feed and prepare for their pre-spawn move into the mouth and the backs of the coves. Look for windy main lake points and banks also small creek channels with 10-foot banks to fish during the middle of the day and concentrate on calm main lake banks and points the last few hours before sundown. This bite will always be better the last hour or so before sundown. A good rule of thumb to go by is if you have been catching them deep and your best deep holes stops paying off, its time to head to shallower water. Remember these fish will be scattered this time of year, but you will find that on the average the size of these fish is well worth the effort.
Spring is every fishermen's favorite time of year.
Most Bass fishermen prefer to fish in five foot of water or less this is always good for a few fish and a lot of fish at time's. But it's the fishermen that learns to fish the staging area's that catch most of the big fish. The male bass will bring these big female's in to shallow water to spawn, but she doesn't stay long, your best area's to fish for these big female bass are in five to 10 feet of water. The next time your fishing the bank and catching nothing but small buck Bass. Take some time and pull off the bank to the first break line or shallow creek channel fish a little slower and you might find that fish of a lifetime.