Fall is not fall

[Ben Miller]

On ‎10‎/‎22‎/‎2017 at 11:09 PM, Sword of the Lord said:

How so? I always run thin fluoro with finesse and I use lighter mono than most, and never use braid. 

Defiantly not your line.  Suggestion was from a recent trip to clear water and I have braid. 

[Ratherbfishing]

You're right about that.  It went straight to winter.

[TnRiver46]

On 10/23/2017 at 5:28 PM, Attila said:

I posted a picture of my biggest smallmouth so far this fall on a lake in the Kawartha Lakes chain in Ontario, Canada.  The details on its surroundings are as follows; the water temp was 61F at a depth of 9ft. I caught 6 fish in total that were on a rock flat with a sand transition to deeper water and a weed edge on both sides. I’ve been catching more and bigger smallmouth after sunset; I really don’t have an explanation for this, as everything that I’ve read tells me that smallmouth become way more active in sunny weather, perhaps with a bit of a breeze present.  The areas that I fish are very rocky and I believe that they hold onto the suns heat better than sandy bottoms which results in more fish activity when compared to either weeds or sand flats.

 

Over the last few outings I've noticed that the fish are really holding close to structure. The larger fish I caught last week were right on the drop off of a saddle; the fish that I caught last night all hit in an area that had a small hump which went from 9ft up to 7ft and then back down to 9ft about 30' away from the pier I was fishing on. I figured out its location while throwing a deep diving jerkbait earlier in the evening.

 

It's amazing to see just how much of a difference a couple of feet in depth make to the fish. I don't know if there are weeds present but I'm certain there are different sizes of rock, ranging from large to small pebble sized rock which could also hold crayfish for them to feed on.

 

I have stuck primarily with one jerkbait this year, the Rapala Shadow Rap in yellow perch. I swapped out the trebles and put a dressed treble on the back, and it resulted in one of my biggest smallmouth of the year.  I’ve spent the better part of the year learning and refining my jerkbait techniques and find that it’s paid big dividends in helping me catch more and bigger bass than any other pattern I’ve used all year.

Smallmouth hate sunshine where I live

[Attila]

On 10/31/2017 at 3:26 PM, TnRiver46 said:

Smallmouth hate sunshine where I live

I guess it's different in every region; the way that I fish the bass need good light to hit a jerkbait and for that same bait to put out as much flash as is possible.

That said, I'm going to try more jerkbait fishing for night bass next season to see what happens.

[TnRiver46]

3 minutes ago, Attila said:

I guess it's different in every region; the way that I fish the bass need good light to hit a jerkbait and for that same bait to put out as much flash as is possible.

That said, I'm going to try more jerkbait fishing for night bass next season to see what happens.

Good point, I don't fish with jerkbaits until it gets really cold, which in most years is never in Tennessee. But it seems if I scroll through my fall/winter smallmouth pictures I always see a bunch of nice fish when we are bundled up with a cloudy background. The river smallies will eat on a hot summer day but the lake ones seems to like horrible weather 

[Mr. Aquarium]

go night fishing! up here in MA we are having a warm fall to!  but been getting them  at night when i have gone out,  i mainly fish jigs and swimbaits! 

[Sword of the Lord]

I finally caught my first bass in 2 weeks yesterday. A little 1 pounder. It hit a Texas rigged 4 inch Senko thrown into shallow cover. It was just my 3rd fish is probably 3 weeks. They're being really odd. I'll approach the pond and see them along the shore, but then they take off and won't hit anything. They didn't do that all year long until now. A lot of times they would stare me down all year and take whatever I threw on their nose. It was amusing. I must have become ugly because they don't want anything to do with me.

[scaleface]

If we get one more warm day with light wind I'm going .  Has to be light wind because the boat is winterized and I will be fishing from a small craft but the fishing should be good.

[Mr. Aquarium]

got a nice 3lber on a swimbait last night the air temp was about 43 and breezy, my buddy caught a 4lber same area on a swimbait.  we were in a cove protected from the wind, shallow cove with dying lily pads and some downed trees. 

had a few other hits as well

[Txred12]

I live in Texas. For some reason one bait that always produces for me and nobody around seems to be fishing is the Zoom Ultravibe. For me green pumpkin is the key color. Fish it texas rigged and I catch something every time I go out, even when nobody else is. 

[Dorado]

Live in AZ and my buddy and I caught about 20 total LMB in 30 minutes. This was after paddling around islands for 3 hours until we changed our approach. Couldn't find the schools on my sonar so we had to find other structure.  Come to find out all of the schools of shad were congregated around the marina and it was nonstop action. It was almost like we were fishing a completely different lake. You have to move! But once you find them in the Fall, it can be a very exciting window of select feeding frenzies.  Threadfin Shad-colored Z-Man Chatterbait with Reaction Innovations Little Dipper in Pearl Blue Shad as a trailer. This combo worked well in the post-spawn period too. Give it a try! 

 

[Sword of the Lord]

56 minutes ago, Dorado said:

Threadfin Shad-colored Z-Man Chatterbait with Reaction Innovators Little Dipper in Pearl Blue Shad as a trailer.

Only in our sport LOL 

[Dorado]

15 minutes ago, Sword of the Lord said:

Only in our sport LOL 

If you said what you quoted very quickly in a rhythmic fashion.........sounds like a rap verse LOL

[soflabasser]

The weather in South Florida is very good now. High 70's to mid 80's and the bass fishing is on fire.

[Chris_97TJ]

80 here in Texas again today. I went out at lunch (the benefits of working from home and only 5 mins to the lake) and caught a couple nice ones on a buzzbait and a fluke up shallow in some dying lily pads. None close to the 8lber I landed on Sunday, but not dinks either.