Fall water temp for active bass?

[JustJames]

What water temperature when you start seeing active bass for fall season? 

[TOXIC]

Totally Regional but here in VA, 65-68 and they will put the feed bag on!!  

[Oregon Native]

Its been in the high 60's here and they are not quite there yet....have heard when it gets closer to 60 its turn on time.

We  will see.

[BuzzHudson19c]

Upstate NY, low 60's. But also varies a little depending on LMB or SMB.

[JustJames]

Just came back water temp in my lake still @ 78 degrees, don't see any active feeding bass. I tried jerkbait, Fluke, chatterbait and WP119. Got 2 bites on WP110 but both came undone within 5-10 seconds.

[Oregon Native]

I had a small WP and lost it a couple weeks ago....have no regrets...for as many fish as I caught on it I figured every cast I made was wasted as I could use something better.

P.S.  Hope your fishing picks up

[scaleface]

 I dont know . Bass are so  unpredictable I fish pretty much the same way and places in fall that I do in summer . Same creeks , coves , points , dropoffs , brushpiles, laydowns.... Somedays i'll find bass in the backs of creeks filling up on shad but I find the same thing some days in summer too . 

[geo g]

In south Florida water temps in the mid 70's is perfect black bass top water action all day long.  Its in the low 90's here right now, so it will be late November before you see the ideal temps.  Our savior down here is Peacock, and other exotic fishing when the temps climb into the 90's.  They love it hot, and sunny.

[r83srock]

I'm in northern Wisconsin and I've normally done the best on river smallies around 50 degrees or so and largemouth around 60. Fished a small flowage/river the other day, and of course the surface temp is warmer than normal right now, about 68 surface temp, and the smallies bite was on like donkey kong with a rattle trap.

[DogBone_384]

Surface temps are hovering around 70 still where I've fished in Plymouth/Cape Cod waters the last couple weeks and the feed bag is on for sure, especially Smallies.

 

I hope to have another month of good fishing before they head deep.

[JustJames]

Thanks all, the surface temp here drop pretty fast. Today drop to 74 but still not a lot of activities. Manage to catch 3 on WP110 and a handful of dinks on D-shad.

[Bluebasser86]

I prefer once it gets below 60. 60-70 in the fall seems to put them in a funk, which is coming up shortly unfortunately. 

[Johnbt]

Fall will get here eventually I suppose. 

The shallow pond was 77* yesterday and kind of slow. Hot and humid, not a cloud in the sky. I caught the first 3 bass, all 1 to 3 pounds, and once again my friend caught the largest. It was 23" long, but only weighed 6.67#.

The crappie were chasing the minnows up out of the water. It was entertaining watching small schools of them tailwalk over and over until we left after lunch. 

[JustJames]

Still not very good today, caught just one keeper on Jerkbait, and got a few dinks on bubble walker. Air temp was 55-60 early morning surface temp around 73. I might have to slow down my presentation.

[The Bassman]

 

Here in central In we're back in the dog days. Highs around 90. Went out early this morning and  just pretended it was mid July. Buzzbait and weightless wacky worm made for some memorable action. Three 4 lb. and several 3's.  Life is good, fall or not.  Just really need some rain.  I was walking mud flats that were under a foot or two of water earlier. I thought our fall pattern began earlier this month but somebody knew better.

[sully420]

Up here here in Minnesota as long as the water is not hard they're feeding. But mainly in the North country I feel like the light cycle determines feeding far more than temperature.

[papajoe222]

It's not just in the north country.  We're going through a hot spell here and despite water temps in the 70s, the baitfish and bass are moving. The wind direction is a key factor in finding them as the bluegill don't school and show up on the depth finder easily.  They're not appearing on the flats, but that's normal. As the days get shorter, the fish get shallow. I've had great days fishing shallow, green weeds in late Oct. As long as the baitfish are there, I know I can get some action.

[bigbill]

I'm fishing smaller places from shore.

 

Fall temps, getting colder? Are the bass still active, IDK.

 

It was mid November just before thanksgiving. I was itching to go fishing really bad. It was cold enough to fish in the light snow. I put on a 6" yum money minnow in pearl. I started working the foot part of the dog leg were the pads are. All of a sudden bam she hit the money minnow. I fought her and she had my rod bent in half no bass has ever done that before. After a battle it felt like 15 minutes but maybe 4 minutes real life she spit the hook. One of the biggest bass I ever had on my line. I needed a heavier rod and a larger hook in the money minnow.

 

my question do the bass feed up until the ice is on? We get ice over around late December.

 

i admit. Now have a inshore setup but I feel like a fool using it.(light saltwater tackle)

[fishballer06]

Don't go letting the secret out about the crappie colored Pointer's....!!!

[Catch 22]

Agree 100%,I like 50 degree water and below

 

[stepchild]

We had an unusually hot few weeks that actually rose the water temps back into the high 70s, but the bass didn't seem bothered by it as they were aggressive as can be (as they usually are in the fall).

 

This made me think that, of course water temps have something to do with fall feeding behaviors, but I'm also willing to bet that daylight length also comes into the equation. They were feeding as if they knew winter is coming, even though water and air temps were in the summertime range.

 

I guess you can take this with a grain of salt since I live in Canada and was fishing for smallmouth bass (which are known to be a little more aggressive).

[Paul Roberts]

Might actually want to speed it up.

[JustJames]

I plan to use lipless and underspin next time out, will see what I'm gonna get. I think close to shoreline is plentiful of those 6-8" bass. 

[clh121787]

Even James the hammer has bad days 

[JustJames]

It happens man it happens. I think I has equally bad days and good days, but I always remember all good days.