Should I wake early like 8am or so? or wait like I have been these last few weekends to about noon, when its is about 70deg.

Any other open to public lake/ponds out there in/near Pflugerville?

Nope. 10A-2P is magic hour till about mid-late March.

Bass feed first 2 hours and last 2 hours of day light year round
my opinion.

Even in this cold weather/cold water pattern we are in now?
I know, summer and spawn, I have been told you are correct but now?

Yes now I won a Media tourny on Roberts with 23.30 lbs
And big bass 8.31 lbs before 8:3o AM. All but 1 on Mann's
20+ cranks in 8 ft of water. Feb 15 1997.
Feb 6 the day before my birthday landed a 9lb & 10lber
in 3 cast water 46 degrees 3/4oz Spinnerbait slow rolled.
Yes now....

Right now I would hit it by 8 maybe a little before. I think that is ideal although I'm too lazy to do that at this time of year. Like Lee said though in the heat of summer I'm on the water by 5:45 AM. If you hit the topwater right you can tear them up!

Ya know, I sure throw a LOT of crank bait....hard baits, deep divers and I have yet to experience a 'BIG' hit....LOL, I'm beginning to think these are more designed to catch fishermen not fish!
This cold water, I have been throwing 1/2oz Rat-L-Traps...not much luck but, the water is still very cold.
Guess I'm expecting too much, too soon

Lee in Texas
Ya know, I sure throw a LOT of crank bait....hard baits, deep divers and I have yet to experience a 'BIG' hit....LOL, I'm beginning to think these are more designed to catch fishermen not fish!
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Lee very true, I am not a bass fisherman but the same is true, the $$$ lures are made to catch fisherman, I have ponds here at home full of bass and an old Cordell Hot Spot with NO paint is the best for them, its almost a sure thing, same with stripers I have used slabs in every color and without and done about as well with each of them. If I had to have just 1 lure it would be white, silver or yellow.