6 Things You Need to Know to Catch Bigger Backwater Bass. FLW Tour pro Larry Nixon is a big believer in fishing backwater areas for bass. Throughout his illustrious career, he’s caught hundreds of giant bass in hard-to-reach, shallow sloughs when other many competitors fell short. If there’s anyone whose brain you’d need to pick in regards to dissecting these backwater areas, he’s the man to talk to.
Fall just so happens to be an excellent time to target your local backwaters. As the water temperatures drop into the low 70 to high 60-degree range, bass gorge themselves on the abundant shad in preparation for the upcoming winter months.
According to “The General”, there are 6 important factors you need to know in order to catch more big bass out of backwater areas.
1. Big bass are like retirees
If you can fish a nearby main river area and catch 50 bass each day, committing to shallow backwaters can be tough for many anglers. Rest assured, however, that big bass frequent these areas. In many situations, they actually live there throughout the entire year. A simple hypothetical question can help put things into perspective.
When you retire, would you rather live in a crowded, crime-laden city or would you rather live in a quiet suburban house which requires very little maintenance?
Most people would choose the latter option, and bass are the exact same way. Nixon believes old bass are, indeed, lazy bass.
“An old, fat bass doesn’t want to deal with current and a bunch of smaller bass trying to steal their food,” Nixon said. “They know that, in order to survive, they have to stay in the backwaters where they’re less exposed to the elements. They can hang out in the shade, eat big bream and not have to fool with fighting strong river current.” Check out this very good article at Wired2Fish….