Fall! First Bait Thrown

[Ben Miller]

Hey Guys, From what I understand, Bass are more shallow and feasting for the winter.  Conditions are different every time.  But what's your go to bait to throw if you have one for the fall for first casts? 

[38 Super Fan]

Squarebill.

[Dorado]

Squarebill or chatterbait

[CroakHunter]

Swim jig

[MassYak85]

Swimjig by far for me

[scaleface]

They might be deep . I've had lots of fall trips catching bass in deep water . First place I'll most likely  check  is a point and will probably hit it with a long billed crank like a Berkely Dredger , Wiggle Wart , Deep Wee R ... then work my way shallow and right up to the back of the creek .

[primetime]

Sluggo or Fluke, but usually start with a zara spook to see if they want topwater. I actually go at night after work and even though it is November and not considered the season for night fishing, I actually have been doing well, and they hit topwater as long as we don't have cold fronts, if it gets warm out, I usually just throw a senko cause stick worms catch fish as good as advertised. "Hope I didn't give the stick worm secret away". You can fish a senko/swim Senko anywhere anytime and catch as many fish you would with any other technique in my opinion. Sometimes the Senko is my fluke, or spinnerbait if I add some flash.

[scaleface]

Where you fishing ,  Ben Miller? That makes a huge difference .

[Ben Miller]

6 hours ago, scaleface said:

Where you fishing ,  Ben Miller? That makes a huge difference .

Anywhere and no where in particular. Just haven't ever been much a fall fisherman but I am going to do a lot more this year and so I was just seeing what everyone else was doing.

[soflabasser]

 I caught some nice smallies recently while on vacation in a northern state on crankbaits and swimbaits, so you can try those out. Jerkbaits, chatterbaits, and soft plastics can be good as well.

[Angry John]

Topwater then swaiver

[IndianaFinesse]

That depends, for early fall it would be a rattletrap or shaky head, mid fall would be a trap, shallow crank, buzzbait, shaky head, ned rig, or jerkbait.  Once the water temperature is in the low 50s (as long as clarity is good) the jerkbait is my got to most of the time, followed by blade baits, bucktail hair jigs, shaky heads, and ned rigs.

[Bucky205]

We have a lot of fishermen here and many of us are friends.  We will usually tell each other what we are catching them on, just not where.

[Ben Miller]

4 minutes ago, Bucky205 said:

We have a lot of fishermen here and many of us are friends.  We will usually tell each other what we are catching them on, just not where.

Thank you Bucky205, and everyone else!  I've read every response, looked up every lure that I wasn't familiar with, and just normally liked everyone's response.  I started to like your comment Bucky205, then changed it to a laughing face because I laughed about the just not where.  But then didn't want you to think I was mocking you either and so I changed it to commenting instead!  Appreciate all the comments my friends!

 

[Bucky205]

3 minutes ago, Ben Miller said:

Thank you Bucky205, and everyone else!  I've read every response, looked up every lure that I wasn't familiar with, and just normally liked everyone's response.  I started to like your comment Bucky205, then changed it to a laughing face because I laughed about the just not where.  But then didn't want you to think I was mocking you either and so I changed it to commenting instead!  Appreciate all the comments my friends!

 

LOL,  My feelings wouldn't have been hurt.  Just trying to give you an honest answer.  We have bassresource members from all 50 states.  What is working in South Florida will probably not be working in Maine at the same time.  Nothing beats some local info if you can get it.

[AC870]

I been throwing a sexy shad One Knocker.  I love rattlebaits anyway. Hadn’t killed em but I’ve caught a few. Yo-yo retrieve mostly. 

[ohboyitsrobby]

A 1/4 oz trap and a white spinnerbait fishing shallow flats. 

[Ben Miller]

Interesting the Alabama Rig hasn't been brought up once!  Appreciate all the comments!

[DINK WHISPERER]

Swim jig

[Munkin]

Shad colored spinnerbait in order to guage their activity level. 

 

Allen 

[soflabasser]

23 hours ago, Bucky205 said:

What is working in South Florida will probably not be working in Maine at the same time.  Nothing beats some local info if you can get it.

 

I have bass fished in several states and have noticed that many of the techniques I use in South Florida work well, even in northern states with bitter cold conditions. Local information is good if you get the information that is honest from a highly skilled fisherman in the area, not so much from other sources. In the end what matters most is time on the water spent wisely, that's what gets you the most consistent good catches of big fish.

5 hours ago, DINK WHISPERER said:

Swim jig

That's another good lure to use in rivers in the fall.

[DINK WHISPERER]

This fall I'm going to try bigger swimbaits more too. 

[bunkerbstr]

Lipless baits - Bill Lewis and/or SK Red Eye Shad.  

Swimbaits always get love - Keitech, Hudds, Osprey, Boom Booms, etc.  

 

[gobig]

Ill cop to it. This time of year I always have a A-rig tied up and I start pulling out the big swimbaits. Really it depends on where I am fishing though. Some lakes are not that good for the big baits or the rig.

[WRB]

On November 8, 2017 at 12:44 PM, Ben Miller said:

Anywhere and no where in particular. Just haven't ever been much a fall fisherman but I am going to do a lot more this year and so I was just seeing what everyone else was doing.

If you add your regional location it saves members a lot of time and effort trying to help you. For example if you are located where Threadfin Shad are predominate then lures that represent bait fish that are pelagic and schools migrating to where their food is located work well, like A-rigs, structure spoons, tail spins or underspins. 

Tom