The february full moon is good, but its this new moon of March and few weeks before the full moon that usually kicks in the spawn, that has the bass in my pond out of the deeper water and into the flats. The mornings of March 5&6, I fished a transition point where depths jump from 12 ft to 5ft and then tapers up to the bank for about 40 yards. Overcast skies with a little breeze. I could see the bass moving, pushing the baitfish into pockets or into very shallow water and gulping em up. I threw 5" watermelon red stick to about 2' of the shore and as soon as hit the water, it was a race to see which hungry prespawn females got it first. The water would swirl with what looked torpedos racing for it from about 10' out. I caught 7 bass the first morning and 6 the next. Each morning the bite started around 8:15 am and tapered off around 9:15. Each fish ranged from 3 lbs up to 7 lbs. If you live in the southeast, south carolina to be particular, this is the time of year to catch those BIG hungry females that may elude us in other parts of the year.