The Fall Crankbait Bite Is On!

[DogBone_384]

Squarebills have been the ticket up here in SE New England the last week or two.  Don't think there's much time left though, night temps are getting down in the low 40's here....

[Smokinal]

I got on em with a brown DT last Sunday but it's gonna blade bait weather here in another week

[LuffDaddy]

On 10/17/2018 at 7:33 PM, Gundog said:

Even I got into the act before the cold weather from Canada dropped on us.

Is that an echo?

[Gundog]

Nope. I believe its a SK KVD Square Bill in neon bluegill.

[Dens228]

In my last 4 trips I've caught 49 bass, probably 45 of them on cranks.  Of the 45 on cranks probably 35 on a squarebill. Yesterday I caught 5, threw deep cranks, spinnebaits, jigs without a bite  All 5 were caught on a 3-5 foot running squarebill. 

 

Water temps were 52 on the cold end, 57 on the warm. 

[NYWayfarer]

Thursday was cold (air temps high 30’s) and 10-15 MPH winds. Not a day I wanted to be out there but I love a good crankbait bite and it was on last week!

 

[scaleface]

I had to substitute  a spinnerbait for crankbait   because of a massive  out break of skunk weed .  Havent missed a beat .

[Hook2Jaw]

Crushed them on an h2o squarebill yesterday, those cheap suckers are absolutely legit.  Nice fish, @LuffDaddy!

[LuffDaddy]

On 10/25/2018 at 8:45 AM, Hook2Jaw said:

Crushed them on an h2o squarebill yesterday, those cheap suckers are absolutely legit.  Nice fish, @LuffDaddy!

Thanks bud!  For some reason the bite has just vanished here in Central Florida the last two days. I keep getting pickerel when I throw the crank now haha 

[kenmitch]

I'm going to try my luck tomorrow at my local lake. I'm mainly going to try out a new rod that is supposed to be delivered today providing it survives the journey intact. Hit and miss on rod survival during shipping.

 

Other than some cooler temps, water temps dropping, lake on a slow rise again, leaves turning color, it isn't quite fall here in SoCal yet it looks like. 

 

I'm not really anticipating having a knock them dead day, but one never knows without at least trying. I'm just going to grind away and see how she goes! 

[papajoe222]

They're holding to the upper water column in the cold water here in the afternoon. That works great for me because deep cranking is out of the question because of issues with my left hand.  In-line spinners and an occasional taker on a 1.5.