Cold fronts are inevitable especially if you're fishing in the spring, but they needn't spell the end to your fish catching. The cold front is probably the most used excuse there is for failure to catch bass. It has destroyed more patterns and crushed more dreams than all other weather situations combined. Here are some tips for success when cold wind and rain chills the water and puts a damper on your fishing,

Fish tight to cover. One of the biggest misconceptions about cold fronts is that they always drive bass into deep water. Not true! If there is cover in the form of stumps, brush, weedbeds or chunk rocks available in shallow water, there's really no reason for the bass to go deep. To keep their options open, many bass will instead hunker up tight to cover or instead of laying beside the bush, the bass are now in the middle of the bush to wait out the passing front, remaining inactive until conditions improve. They won't run out and chase down a fast moving lure, but they won't pass up one that's slowly crawling right past their nose, either. What is important now is to realize that the bass has changed it's location and it's mood because of a weather change. You can see why paying attention to the weather and learning how it affects bass is so important.

Use smaller lures. Bass, even big bass, usually don't want a big bite during a cold front. Avoid big crankbaits and large spinnerbaits. Instead, try a smaller offering, and one that can be worked the places where the fish are hanging out. In clear water situations you can normally get more action after a cold front by down sizing. If you were catching bass on a five inch grub before the front, a three inch grub will work better after the front. Irregardless of the water color, for consistent success you must slow down and be more precise with your presentations after a cold front. The universal choice during a cold front is the jig 'n' pig. It's small and resembles a crayfish. But an equally good choice may be a jig 'n' grub. This won't be as well-suited to brush or weeds as a jig 'n' pig might, but it works great around rocks and stumps. Just cast it past the cover and reel it back with a slow, constant swimming retrieve, taking care to bump it into the cover as often as possible. Repeated casts and flips to certain areas may be required to generate a strike.
Analyze how severe the front is you are dealing with and where the fish were before it hit. Pay attention to how much the water temperature drops and determine what options the bass had and where they may have moved.

Choose natural colors. Unless the water is muddy, avoid shock colors including hot pink or day-glo red during a frontal situation. Use black, brown or orange jigs. Chartreuse is another great spring color, and for good reason -- a chartreuse lure, which is admittedly bright, strongly resembles a bluegill, one of the favorite foods of bass when they're using shallow cover.