April always brings another season here in Iowa, sometimes a new season every other day! As we all know we can't do anything about Mother Nature, but we can and should be trying to catch your biggest largemouth in the month of April. The water tends to warm around fifty degrees in April, and when you get some consistent weather, that surface temperature can really get the bass biting, especially the big ones. As you can see from the highlighted picture, bass can get big quickly this time of year. A couple of key things if you are looking to catch your biggest largemouth bass this month.
1) Watch the weather: consistent weather patterns allow bass to feed up. Warmer, sunny days will be the best times for you to to chase after your big bass. Consistent weather is important too, it doesn't have to be really warm weather, just consistent. Steady water temps will get these bass feeding and actively searching for food.
2) Baits: This time of year I keep it pretty simple. Jig and chunk, spinnerbait, and jerkbait for deeper water. These three baits will cover shallow water, mid-depths and deeper water too. These work on lakes as well as rivers all around the state. This time of year you can really keep things pretty simple.
3) Speed: Thinking back to almost all my bigger bass in the month of April, it was a slow retrieve. Whether it was a jig crawled on the bottom, slowing twitching a jerkbait or slow rolling a spinnerbait. Keep your baits moving slowly to get those big bass in the chasing mood.
Best of luck to you the rest of the month, I hope you can catch a GIANT too!
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