Waking Up A Wintertime Bucketmouth Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Photo: Lynn Burkhead Pursuing bass during the coldest period of the year isn't always comfortable, but it can be highly rewarding. By Lynn Burkhead OSG Senior Digital Editor The depths of winter even in the lunker-rich Lone Star State where I live can be a trying time to fish for largemouth bass. The days are shorter, the water is colder and when the Christmas and New Years Day holidays approach, bass seem to be settling down for the long winters nap that Clement C. Moore wrote about in his timeless classic "A Visit from St. Nicholas.