Pick an area that is shallow, dark bottom, and preferable has some rocks.  These areas will warm up the earliest and have the most active fish on them.  Tie on a 2/0 hook with a 1/32 watermelon pinch on weight, 8 lb test line, and pumpkin seed Zoom Centipede.   Keep the boat back from where your casting and make extremely long cast.  This time of year the bass can be extremely spooky, any movement will send them swimming off.  Make long cast and wait.  Watch the line for any twitch.  If you see any movement in the line, set the hook.  This is the best time to watch your line, as you want to dead stick your baits as much as possible.  The bass don’t want to see a moving bait.  The centipede should sit still for 10 to 20 seconds.  It can be painstaking, but you can also load the boat with this technique during the pre-spawn season.