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The fishing season begins the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend (usually the last weekend in May) and extends through and includes the first Sunday in November. Exceptions are noted in each of the Regional Regulations sections within the Fishing Regulations handbook (4 MB pdf).
The Spring Spawn Cycle. Because bass spawn in the spring, the season of fishing is divided into three phases that together make up what is known as the spawn cycle: Pre-Spawn; Spawn; Post Spawn; Bass behave very differently during each phase, so your lure choice and technique will need to change over the course of the season.