Hello, I live in the southern most point of Texas that is labeled as the "Rio Grande Valley"  Brownsville to be exact.  I love to Bass Fish, but I usually have to wait till spring to enjoy bass fishing, in particular, black or large mouth.  I use a split tail beetle on a jig and do a lot of flipping to produce fast action in order to get chase and hits.   I fish from shore, generally from roadside water crossovers which allow the water to flowunder the road via pipes.  The bass like to hold up there and ambush fish coming through as well as stay in the shade of the tunnels.  However, I get impatient waiting until spring to do this.  We experience no freezes or snow and the water temps dont drop too far below 60 cept maybe 2 or three times a year during a severe winter.  What techniques can i use to entice the fish to strike, or what bait could i use.  Live bait is usually shiners or else dead shrimp are the most commonly used.  My experience with lures is limited to what I described earlier save for using worms successfully once in my life.  I have heard that at 70 or below bass do not move very much, much less strike.  Is this true?

Whatever data you can give me on bass fishing in winter will be appreciated.

thanks- cold in winter.

Bass don't move at 70 degrees or less? Hey man...someone is telling you a big one! Bass will bite at temps lower than 40 degrees...check out some ice fishing forums. In your location...you should have good action year round...maybe even better during the winter!