What Are Some Good Fall Fishin Baits?

[vincenzo]

Hey guys I had a killer summer with soft plastics and cranks fishing some heavy pressured waters in the heart of Brooklyn and was wondering what do you guys use for the fall, for pressured and non-pressured fishin

[Bluebasser86]

Fall is time to break out the moving baits, spooks, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, squarebills, traps, jerkbaits, all have their times during fall. I'm excited to toss a swimbait at them once they start chasing real well again myself Of course I'd never leave the dock without a jig or shakyhead rod for those tough days or to clean up the last couple fish off a spot once the bite slows down. 

[vincenzo]

sounds like you got yourself a plan lol let me know how that swim bait goes you'll probably hook urself a nice one

[rockchalk06]

Fall seems to be the best time to switch over to a swim jig. Blue Gill/Shad colors with trailers that put off lots of action and vibration.

After the first night below 40, I love to run a squarebill or medium diver in a red craw pattern. Favorites are the SK 4S in "Green Tomato" and the Bomber 6A in "Red Crawfish".

[Sam]

As the water cools, lakes turn over, and the bass start to feed for the winter the baits mentioned above are you keys to success.

 

Tight wobble crankbaits in colder water work better than the summer time crankbaits. Lipless crankbaits also seem to do well in the cooler water.

 

Experiment. Take some hard baits in different colors and throw them, bounce them, go fast, go slow, reel-stop-reel-stop, hit every piece of structure you can, don't be afraid of getting hung up and keep repeating the presentation after you catch one until that pattern changes.

 

Remember to keep the bait and line test within the rod's parameters; balance your baitcaster rig; have your needle nose plies ready; and since you are in Brooklyn bring a car horn that you can sound for no apparent reason.

[Jrob78]

Don't forget the topwater baits!

[ColdSVT]

My fall line up is:

Black abd blue jig

T rigged sweet beaver

Lucky craft pointer

Sk squarebill or a lipless crank

Spinner bait or swim jig

Zara spook

[iabass8]

anything moving. topaters, squarebills, swim jigs, spinnerbaits lipless cranks, swim baits and of course a jig for the big ones feeding under the school.

[kickerfish1]

During the very tail end of the fall / early winter period I am mostly throwing 3 baits. Usually both soft and hard jerkbaits worked slow, a drop shot with a small profile bait, and a hair jig.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Swimbaits, spinner baits, buzz baits spooks. Etc. , pretty much everything !!! I'd there not hitting moving. Baits I'll go to a swim bait, weightless soft plastics like a zoom baby brush hog in motor oil is killer for me.. jigs and charter baits

[basshole8190]

T rigged pit boss, alabama rig, black and brown brush jig, hollowbody swim baits, lipless cranks , spooks or sammys

[basshavoc]

Swim jigs!

[Bankbeater]

Around here they seem to like bigger baits in the fall.  I usually throw a 3/4 rat-l-trap, 1/2 jig with some kind of bulky trailer, or a big plastic worm.

[thehooligan]

Sammies, buzzbaits, jerkbaits, and lipless cranks.

[deadadrift89]

KVD 1.5 squarebill-- gizzard shad

[Tartan34]

Topwater, Pop-R style bait.  I like to fish something with a chrome bottom in highly pressured lakes to give off more of a flash....seems to work well for me.

[Basshammer]

^{I will be throwing jerkbaits and square lip cranks, along with the jig and craw.}

[roadwarrior]

Great advice! My personal preference is hard jerkbaits.

[Tuckahoe Joe]

I killed them last year on squarebills, mainly the Strike King KVD 1.5.  Caught my first fish on a lipless crank this past spring though and I've heard they're a good fall bait as well so I'm anxious to see how my Red Eye Shads do come October.