Fall Baits

[Ghostshad]

I've not been fishing in a while,i have 7 bait cast reels if it was you what would you tie on ? God Bless And thanks for your help

[buzzed bait]

i would start here:  http://www.bassresource.com/seasonal-fishing-articles#fall

[Fishes in trees]

What do the local guys in your area use?  That's where I'd start.  Your info says your favorite lake is Telico lake.  I don't know anything about that lake.  Is it a highland or lowland type reservoir?  Connected to a river system?  Clearish or more stained water color?

 

I know in the lakes that I fish, at some point in the fall fish move shallow for a while, the conservation lake that I normally fish is smaller than many coves on LOZ or Truman.  In the lakes that I fish moving to shallower areas and throwing square bills or spinnerbaits to cover water and/or throwing soft plastics at objects isn't a bad plan - but it isn't a fine tuned plan either.

 

Try to check out and see what the other guys in your neighborhood are doing and go from there.

[martintheduck]

• 1/4 oz spinner bait willow blade w/ colorado kicker
• Fluke ---- white in color if shad are around
• Top water popper
• Hard jerkbait of some kind --- Floating rouge or a KVD suspeding jerkbait
• Squarebill
• Mid diving crankbait
• Jig --- had great success cranking shores and flipping a jig into isolated weeds/ laydowns

 

I've also had GREAT success in 15/20 foot of water dragging a carolina rig with a shad colored worm. And a drop shot. It all depends on situations obviously... I can guarantee you catch fish on the above list of baits so long as you choose the right colors. On shad lakes I stick to shad colors.

[einscodek]

I'd have these on permanently in the fall:

alabama rig

spinnerbait

[GoDeep]

I usually fish lipless cranks this time of year, but I'm killing them on a Biffle bug and hard head.