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The same productive lures you threw throughout early fall and mid-autumn will continue to trigger bites by late fall as long as you slow down your presentation. As the water temperature continues to drop by late fall, baitfish start moving out of the shallows to deeper water and bass start losing some of their aggressiveness. While just about any lure …
When bass start feeding heavily on baitfish in the fall, you can catch those fish then on just about anything you throw at them. Finding the baitfish is the first step in catching fall bass and the next step is to find the lures that best imitate the forage fish. Here are five lures that best imitate the baitfish bass …
When conditions are right, deep, clear lakes offer typical shallow-water action for bass in the fall. However, fall’s constantly changing weather can cause bass to quickly advance to or retreat from the shallows. The changing weather conditions can frustrate anglers who depend on a “here today, gone tomorrow” pattern for catching bass in thin water. For more consistent action on …
Creeks in reservoirs provide a year-round home for some fish, but these tributaries mainly serve as highways for both baitfish and bass during two specific seasons: The spring, and the fall transition. In the spring bass migrate from the main lake into the warming waters of the creeks in search of an ideal spawning bank. During autumn baitfish on the …
Any time I catch a bass is exciting, but to me there is no greater thrill than to watch my topwater lure skitter or sashay across the surface and the water suddenly explode as a bass engulfs the bait. Here’s a breakdown of fall topwater fishing to get you those strikes. Bass can be taken on a variety of baits …
The air and water temperature is cooling down. Schools of baitfish are everywhere. Leaves are starting to fall and bass are on the move. It’s a perfect time for throwing a fast-moving lure, but which one works best during this season? While many anglers throw spinnerbaits and buzz baits for bass in the fall, there are others who would rather …
While footballs fill the fall air, a bass with the appetite of a burly offensive lineman lurks beneath a dock on your favorite lake as it prepares to pounce on any baitfish that enters its ambush zone. Fall season means now it’s time to fish docks. Which Docks Hold Bass? My home waters of Lake of the Ozarks features thousands …
This post was guest written by Pro Angler Cody Kelley. Follow Cody on Facebook and Instagram here! All summer you have been hammering the bass out deep in brush piles and structure. Now, it’s time for finding fall bass. Unfortunately, it sometimes seems that the fish will disappear literally overnight towards the end of summer and beginning of fall. Check out these 3 …
Numerous bass fisheries throughout the nation are multiple choice tests for anglers. The option of fishing for either smallmouth or largemouth bass on rivers or natural lakes has always been available for Northern anglers, but population explosions of smallmouth in reservoirs have turned many bass fisheries throughout the country into multiple choice waters. The two species sometimes share the same …
When bass are offshore and feeding on shad in the fall, spoons are a criminally underrated bait. Swimbaits and other shad imitators often dominate fall bass fishing, but throwing spoons for bass is another sure-fire way to reel ’em in all fall long. The flutter spoon and vertical jigging spoon are your best bets, but both are meant for different …
