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Severe Cold Fronts

D ogwoods are blooming. Brian ‘Bro’ Brosdahl caught this cold-front spring
crappie from Barkley Lake. He recommends
Great fishing reports are coming
in from local lakes. But making its tightlining with a long pole and heavy jig, or casting
way through your region is a severe with light-weight offerings.
cold front dropping lots of rain and
lowering air temperatures by 15
degrees. All of a sudden the lake is
muddy, water temps have dropped
a few degrees and fishing is tough.
Now what do you do?
Cold fronts may not be a
seasonal structure but they are
most common right now during the
spring. Also, a front can make a
huge difference in the success at all
your favorite structures. Therefore,
a cold front qualifies to be included
in seasonal structure talk.
Our expert for this article is
Brian Brosdahl, more commonly
known as “Bro”. The Minnesota
fisherman has over 20 years guiding
(brosguideservice.com) and is
loaded with sponsors including
Plano, Frabill, Humminbird, Aqua-
Vu and others.
Severe Cold Front
Bro and I had a cold front
situation when fishing together
during a spring event at Eddie
Creek on Barkley in Kentucky. Fish
should have been in full spawn but
rising muddy water mixed with cold
temperatures moved the fish and
made catching difficult.
“Normally fish are holding to
structure along creek and rivers
toward spawning areas a little

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