Are you guilty of overlooking bass transition zones? You’re not alone. A transition zone doesn’t jump out at you like a windfall on the bank or a creek-channel ledge on your graph.
A transition zone is a natural and often subtle edge. A common transition is where one species of aquatic vegetation meets another, such as milfoil growing next to lily pads or cabbage. Another transition is where the bottom composition changes from mud or clay to sand, sand to gravel, gravel to chunk rock, or chunk rock to a rock wall.
Under the right conditions, bass gang up along transition zones. If you know how to recognize and fish these bass magnets, you can load up on fish that other anglers don’t pester.
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