Inside Big Jim Davis WON BASS Angler of the Year
When forty-one-year-old Big Jim Davis decided it was time to turn full time touring pro and quit his day job, he did it with a lot of confidence in his ability, set himself up financially and took the WON BASS circuit by storm. He not only captured the 2008 WON BASS Angler of the Year title he cashed a lot checks in the other professional bass circuit’s events as well.

At the beginning of 2008 bass season, Davis was contemplating turning full time pro and kept oscillating back and forth with the idea, but when his mother suffered a stroke, it made him realizing just how short life can be. He always loved bass fishing and he did not want to come to the end of his life and wonder if he could I have made it as a full time pro angler.

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Fishing Clear Lake


Clear Lake is no longer a mystery to the legions of bass fishing fans around the country. It's the big pond that produced Steve Kennedy's record-setting catch. It's the home lake of current Bassmaster Angler of the Year Skeet Reese. And it's no longer northern California's neglected stepchild, ignored in favor of the Delta.

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Staging Fish

Find the Path to Spawning Grounds

Pre-Spawn

Jim Davis Bass Fishing
Delta Pre-Spawn
Bass are predictable creatures. When the days start getting longer and the sun has more time to warm up the water the fish begin to get into that breeding preparation mode. This is considered pre-spawn. Adding to the pre-spawn modes are the moons. As we begin to move towards the full moon the fish move up even further and continue to prepare for the spawn. During this pre-spawn time the fish feed actively which makes for some of the best fishing of the year. An added bonus of this time of year is that the fish are usually full of eggs which adds to their over all weight.

Find the Path

Since we know the fish are going to be pushing up to shallow water for spawning, targeting these fish becomes relatively easy. Find the areas where the fish are going to spawn, then work your way to deeper water. Moving first to secondary points and then to main lake points and finally arriving at the deeper water. This is the path the fish are going to move along towards their breeding grounds.

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