Where Are They Right Now?

[zewski]

Ok, i live in Canada, i feel like the big feeding time is over for our bronzebacks, water temps is now about 45 Farenheits and i seems like they are way harder to find, I have been fishing in 6' of water to about 25 Foot', and all i catch is Walleye. Where they go after their big feeding period is over?

 

Better tactics? Ive tried crankbaits, tube dragging and drop-shot.

 

talk to me!

 

Thank you!

[swagkid300]

fish slow.

[zewski]

I understood i had to slow down, bu where to fish them? deep water? creeks? 

[swagkid300]

I understood i had to slow down, bu where to fish them? deep water? creeks? 

try deep water, i had luck with 2 bass yesterday under a bridge using wacky rig reaaaaaaal slow.

[wnybassman]

Time for the blade bait, a little deeper than you last left them.

[Basshammer]

^{You will need to slow way down and fish a little bit deeper water.}

[KyakR]

Drop-shot deep

[Brian Needham]

smallmouth carry suitcases........keep searching

[zewski]

Today in a windy day, I will go where I usualy find them in 8-10feet but I will let myself drift a little farther to 15-20 feet, Tube dragging , carolina rig and drop shot are on the menu, ill let you know if I found the bronzebacks!

[Backwoodsbasser]

Zewski what part of the country do u fish? I thought Carolina and tue dragging was more summer baits?

[ww2farmer]

It's been a very poor fall for me with the smallmouth too. I know that I have not been dedicated much time to them with the largemouth bite being as good as it has been, and that's probably got a lot to do with it. But I know a couple guys who have been actively looking and they are not doing anything either. I am not even catching the random smallmouth while largemouth fishing, which usually this time of year happens often. There's plenty of them here, I am just not figuring it out, nor am I trying too hard yet, I am finding it difficult to walk away a good largemouth bite to do it.

[zewski]

Zewski what part of the country do u fish? I thought Carolina and tue dragging was more summer baits?

Im in Quebec,Canada. Carolina rig is something not alot of people do, but i tried it in a tuornament when nothing was working 30 minutes before the time was over, we had no fish in the livewell and we got the 4th place after putting the c-rig down there!

 

So from that point on I told myself, lets do what the other guys dont lol

[Oregon Native]

Water still 62 here in Tennessee. Air temp was 22 yesterday morning!! Caught smallies, largemouth and lost a spot fishin mostly in around 20 feet of water. I like using small dingers and tubes on 1/8 heads...6lb leader off ten lb braid. Was using a 1/4 yesterday as water was so warm.

Tight Lines

[jkroosz]

They are sitting in front of the fireplace. with their longjohns on.

[Big Fish Rice]

Ok, i live in Canada, i feel like the big feeding time is over for our bronzebacks, water temps is now about 45 Farenheits and i seems like they are way harder to find, I have been fishing in 6' of water to about 25 Foot', and all i catch is Walleye. Where they go after their big feeding period is over?

 

Better tactics? Ive tried crankbaits, tube dragging and drop-shot.

 

talk to me!

 

Thank you!

Zewski, you're too shallow. Your Canadian waters can be similar to our water here in the Pacific Northwest. As soon as water temps drop into the 40s, we find them anywhere between 30-50 feet of water. Dropshot catches most of the fish, but tubes and jigs (fished painstakingly slow) can catch some of the larger bronzebacks. They're laying on the bottom around structure (rocks, humps, etc) so fish slow and target these high percentage areas.

[Mainebass1984]

Zewski, you're too shallow. Your Canadian waters can be similar to our water here in the Pacific Northwest. As soon as water temps drop into the 40s, we find them anywhere between 30-50 feet of water. Dropshot catches most of the fish, but tubes and jigs (fished painstakingly slow) can catch some of the larger bronzebacks. They're laying on the bottom around structure (rocks, humps, etc) so fish slow and target these high percentage areas.

 A blade bait such as a silver buddy or a sonar can be deadly. Slowly hop it off bottom. If you have a choice fish the warmest day of the week.

[Tom 513]

Newbie to smallmouth fishing, but Ive fished plenty this year in S Ohio for them, my go to lure is a 2 3/4" Pumpkin Green tube on a 1/16" oz hook, but form what Ive read and I read plenty, the Smallmouth will change his diet in Fall, as we know Crawdads are there number 1# food source but when Fall comes they will seek minnows because of the high fat content. As Mainbass mentions a blade bait would simulate a minnow nicely, and fished low in deep winter pools is where I would try, that is if you fish streams and rivers as I do.

[simplejoe]

Last week I was fishing a River and water temps were 42. I started in about 6' of water and ended the day in 35', I caught 3 smallies that day. All my fish came from about 18' and all off a rage craw working it slowly between large rock. I would hit a Boulder and hop it up and over. It seem like as soon as the craw fell off the rock, BOOM fish on. Rocks were the ticket that day, I tried lay downs and bridge pilings. Nothing.