Need a game plan for cold Berkshire county morning

[Ruy Lopez]

Still relatively new to fishing but learning by the day.  Like a lot of places we've had a warm Fall.  Heading out early Friday morning(around 8:00) to a very shallow, small pond in Berkshire County,  Weather calls for sun and a high of 60 with the morning hovering in the high 30s.  Thinking of starting with maybe topwater poppers and spinnerbait (maybe even crankbait) for an hour or two.  What are your suggestions please?  Will the fish even be biting at that temperature in the early morning; should I just head out later in the morning?

 

Plan to switch to Texas Rigs and Wacky Rigs later; or whatever works.  I've had a lot of fun fishing the plastics lately and I've had some luck.  All suggestions are welcome

[GrumpyOlPhartte]

@Ruy Lopez: I feel your pain. Trying to get the yak out a few more times before it gets too cold.  Only thing I can say is that air temp fluctuates much more quickly than water temp, but i’m planning on mostly tossing T-rigged worms and creatures and jigs early and if that doesn’t work, I’ll try flukes and maybe chatterbaits. Wish it wasn’t too weedy in the shallows for squarebill. I gotta think weedless or fairly weedless.  Early evening I’m going to see what happens with a whopper plopper. (Would love to try swim jigs, but don’t have any that aren’t lead.) let me know how you make out.

[Ruy Lopez]

Friday didn't go so well. Tried spinnerbait, t-rig and wacky rigs. And maybe a couple of other things. Wind was whipping and it was cold; actually made it feel like fall for the first time.

Saturday went much better. Caught a few (which is a good outing for me) in the morning on spinnerbait and wacky rig.  One of the Bass in the spinnerbait ranks second on my personal best list. Don't ask for size as I stink at that. Got out for a little bit that afternoon as well and got a couple. One on spinnerbait and one on topwater popper as the sun was setting 

Recuperated most of Sunday. Went out for a little bit late Sunday afternoon. Grumpy's post made me think of trying a fluke as I have only fished it about once so I figured it would be a fun one to try. I T-rigged it. Caught a nice little bass on it; thanks for the suggestion Grumpy. Used the twitch, twitch pause method. He bit it hard so I just had to make sure the line was tight all the way in.

As this middle-aged beginner finishes up his first summer/fall fishing I am not looking forward to a few months of cabin fever. The fishing has really been quite therapeutic in what has been a tough year otherwise.