planebrutal Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Hi I'm in a small bass club in North Carolina and we're having our fish off with his is the last tournament of the year at a lake called badin lake I fished it this passed saterday and caught 5 food fish on a buzz bait frog I was hoping to get on that kind of bit again but in Checking the weather there is a major cold front coming threw when I fished saterday water temperature was 68 degrees and the cold front gonna but the air temp in the low 30s what should I do I think they will pull back out but I don't know how far if it's any help there is grass about 5 to 10 foot off the bank all over the lake and water clarity is about 5 foot any tips welcome Quote
Swampstud Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Imo the cold fronts in fall get things going. Id fish a jig or a squarebill. Pitching to the inside weedline to start, depending on type of grass. Try fishin the squarebill threw the weededge or paralell it. Fish could pull out, ive found em on the shallower end tho lately Quote
planebrutal Posted October 30, 2014 Author Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks for the help I really like to wack um what you think a swim bait on the edge of the grass the is not that thick I fish a spinner bait thew it but no real way to square bill it bc the grass /weeds have a strong root system Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted October 30, 2014 Super User Posted October 30, 2014 Unless the grass is all the way up to the surface, you can usually fish a square bill through it. Keep your rod tip higher and reel slower, or reel it down until you feel it ticking the top of the grass and then kill it and let it float up a bit before you resume your retrieve. A swimbait around, through, and over would work as well. Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted October 30, 2014 Super User Posted October 30, 2014 You'd be surprised how much grass square bill can come through.... 1 Quote
PersicoTrotaVA Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Slow down, fish are gonna be moving a little slow. Check the water temps, if its still in the 60s you can use moving baits and ragetails and baits with action. If it drops into the 50s, you are going to want to slow down and kill most action. Suspended jerkbaits. I recommend a weightless wacky worm. You can keep it off the bottom and any subtle movements will get it to twitch. Seeing as you have about 5 ft of clarity(this is clear to me) I would go with natural colored baits. Shad colored hardbaits, green pumpkin and watermelon plastics, watermelon red flake as well. My favorite natural worm color is cola. Try not to go with crazy chartreuse colors or bright pinks. Also dark colors like black and junebug might work but I don't think they will with as clear as the water is. Good luck! Quote
planebrutal Posted October 30, 2014 Author Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks a lot but I still feel like the Lil green guys are gonna pull off to main lake points and humps what do yall think Quote
Swampstud Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 I fished this afternoon, took 14 overall and a few losses. Absolutly chokin the 1.5! Took 4 keepers on a main lake point, but this point has a pretty large flat from 0-6ft on one side, otherside is a ledge of into 14-17ft. Instead of just crankin away, try just slowly but steadily reelin into an past the weeds. Itll deflect off an then BAM fish on! It takes a lil practice to be honest. Had one today knock slack in my line so fast, i fumbled my grip on the reel. Got lucky an landed her, completly engulfed the bait. A 1st for me. Quote
Super User Scott F Posted October 31, 2014 Super User Posted October 31, 2014 I was fishing a few weeks ago when 3 cold fronts came through in a week. Low temps got down to the 20's and the water temp went down to 50. The bass did not care at all. With clear skies and cold temps the bass fishing never slowed down. They were hitting lipless crankbaits the were retrieved just as fast as I could reel over the tops of weeds in 4 to 6 feet of water. Slowing down with a jig or worm was not the way to go, they ignored everything but the red eye shads. Quote
planebrutal Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 Thanks again I hope to do well I'm going sat keep a eye out bc I will post my results of saterday day the fish of is Sunday so maybe need a Lil more information when I get another look and the lake thanks again Quote
bigbassctchr101 Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 With the start of fall In our neck of the woods this cold front this weekend will finally push them back in the creeks and pockets. In the spring it would do opposite...they wait for the warming trend to finally get shallow. But in fall it takes a good cold snap to push that fall frenzy into action. We have water temps around 67. This snow will probably throw it down into the low 60's pretty quickly. With daylight hours and temps falling...them fish will realize they have to feed up and get fat for the winter. Before backing off and going deeper...I'd stick with the pattern you found. Then I would try different baits at the same depth that you found them. Then I would go further back and shallower. Then I would check deeper. Quote
planebrutal Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 Thanks a lot werewere I found then is any were they had access to 10 to 12 foot of water Quote
Super User WRB Posted October 31, 2014 Super User Posted October 31, 2014 Fall bass location is all about where the predominate baitfish are located, find the baitfish. Your frog bite is dependent on wind direction, fronts tend to bring wind and I wouldn't count on a surface bite with a big weather change..think deeper! Tom 1 Quote
atcoha Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 Good info. I was going to ask the same question. Quote
planebrutal Posted November 1, 2014 Author Posted November 1, 2014 Went fishing court 7 small fish biggest 2 and a half pound caught them on the grass edge even ones struggling to put a good bag at there tournament my tournament is tomorrow wish me luck Quote
atcoha Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 I'll update tomorrow also. Weather here in NW FL has been great. Cold front moved in last night. Will be in the mid 30's- low 40's tomorrow morning where I am headed to fish. Hoping it does not make the fish have lockjaw. Been planning this trip for a few weeks. Quote
Smokinal Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 Fall bass location is all about where the predominate baitfish are located, find the baitfish. Your frog bite is dependent on wind direction, fronts tend to bring wind and I wouldn't count on a surface bite with a big weather change..think deeper! Tom I would think deeper as well. I have found that deep fish are less affected by weather/fronts/pressure than shallow fish are. Quote
Smokinal Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 I'll update tomorrow also. Weather here in NW FL has been great. Cold front moved in last night. Will be in the mid 30's- low 40's tomorrow morning where I am headed to fish. Hoping it does not make the fish have lockjaw. Been planning this trip for a few weeks. Go deep, be patient, have the spinning rod ready with a shakey head/worm Quote
atcoha Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Go deep, be patient, have the spinning rod ready with a shakey head/worm They are rigged and ready... Quote
atcoha Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Hit the water around 6:45 am. Cold, about 38, 5mph wind. My dad is in town, took him out to my favorite little place. Rigged him up a shaky head on a watermelon trick worm. He caught one about 30 minutes in. As for the rest of the day....not a single bite. Fish were there, they were holding about mid-depth everywhere. Did not see any grazing the bottom. Tossed a senko/drop shot for a long time, went with shad colored swim jig, kvd red eye, and a couple squarebills. Even tried texas rigged worms. Not a good day, wind picked up. Oh well, headed home. Next time. Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted November 2, 2014 Super User Posted November 2, 2014 I would suggest a veeery slowly worked finesse worm with an equally small weight. It wouldn't be hitting the bottom anytime soon after you cast, and it would be the thing to try, I guess. If you can't catch one on a finesse worm-well, go home. Quote
atcoha Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I figured the key would be slow today, we did work slow. The wind made it really hard to work an area good. My little jon boat with a trolling motor was like an empty soda bottle floating in the lake today when the winds picked up. Good advice, I will add that to my "to do when cold" list. thanks. It did cross my mind to throw on a roboworm... Any other recommendations for these suspended fish, when crankbaits and jigs are not working? thanks John Quote
Smokinal Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Suspended fish are, absolutely, the toughest fish to catch. They aren't relating to forage or cover; just kinda hanging out. That is the situation you hear about when an angler "waits for them to move up and feed". You basically wait for whatever turns them on, and move up on a point or flat, and start feeding. As far as baits, possibly a suspending jerkbait may stay in their face and trigger a strike. Quote
Snakehead Whisperer Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Suspended fish are, absolutely, the toughest fish to catch. They aren't relating to forage or cover; just kinda hanging out. That is the situation you hear about when an angler "waits for them to move up and feed". You basically wait for whatever turns them on, and move up on a point or flat, and start feeding. As far as baits, possibly a suspending jerkbait may stay in their face and trigger a strike. x2. Extra slow spybaiting is also a decent option, as well as counting down then slow rolling a spinnerbait. A float and fly is also something I might try under those conditions. Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted November 3, 2014 Super User Posted November 3, 2014 Start off where you did before. Bass may still be there. But have back up plans. Quote
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