Your top 3 Fall baits?

[cal9323]

Weather is cooling (at least where I am at) into the 70’ and 80’s. 
 

Curious what everyone’s top 3 baits to throw during this time is.

[ATA]

I am doing frog as top water.

Jigging 

Soft Jerkbait

and as always one Rod of spinning dropshot with me.

[Marshall92]

1. Topwater

2. A small swimbait 3.3 sometimes a 2.8 depending on how pressured the fish are.

3. Jig

[gunsinger]

Jerkbait

Rattletrap

Topwater

[scaleface]

All waters have their own personalities , so its hard to pick three . So  thinking back in my life I'll try .

 Texas rigged worm is always in there .

Bomber Model A has caught some big bass late in fall.

Spinnerbait .

[Krux5506]

If they are into chasing I'll fish a spinnerbait all day

[DitchPanda]

Spinner bait

Weightless fluke

Finesse jig

[A-Jay]

Topwater

A-Rig

Swing Head

Vibrating Jig does get honorable mention though

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

[Mike L]

I really don’t throw any specific baits based solely on the seasons. 

The baits themselves don’t change much year round. 
 

There are some I won’t have in rotation.. like a 10” worm after a cold front, or burning a spinner bait over submerged grass. 

Pretty much everything else is in play. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Catt]

16 minutes ago, Mike L said:

The baits themselves don’t change much year round. 

 

Pretty much! ?

 

I don't have winter, spring, summer, or fall lures. I have bass fishing lures.

 

Locations however do change 

[Dens228]

Frog

Deep crankbait

Jig

 

I went out yesterday under what would be considered pretty good conditions, moderate wind, cloud cover.   I caught plenty of bass.  I tried all sections of the water column.   Only the opposite ends of the spectrum worked.   About half were caught with a frog up tight to shore or on slop in 3 feet of water or less, and half were caught with a deep crank in 20 feet of water.  Absolutely none were caught in between. 

[GreenPig]

Super Fluke 

130 Whopper Plopper 

6" Bull Shad or Bull Herring

[king fisher]

Buzz Bait

Frog

spinnerbait

[OkobojiEagle]

2 hours ago, Catt said:

 

Pretty much! ?

 

I don't have winter, spring, summer, or fall lures. I have bass fishing lures.

 

Locations however do change 

Catt, curiosity has me... how few lures do you actually fish consistently?

 

oe

[Spankey]

Crankbaits, worms, jigs, creature style soft plastics. I don’t change much from what I do during mid season. 
 

Color changes slightly, but than again maybe not. 

[WRB]

Fall to bass is cooling water and turnovers possible. Baitfish and crawdads crawdads on the move before a turnover.

I use structure spoons, tail spins and crank baits more during the fall/winter plus jigs and worms year around. Top water if surface action is working. 3 lures, take your pick.

Tom

[Catt]

32 minutes ago, OkobojiEagle said:

Catt, curiosity has me... how few lures do you actually fish consistently?

 

oe

 

The vast majority are caught on Texas Rigged Speed Worms or Speed Craws

Jig-n-Craw 

 

I do sprinkle in topwater, spinnerbaits, traps, chatterbaits, squarebills, & deep crankbaits.

 

Their usage is not based on seasonal patterns but rather locations.

 

I firmly believe in K.I.S.S ?

[fishballer06]

Buzzbait

Buzzbait

Spinnerbait

 

In that order. Honorable mention - swimbait. 

[Smells like fish]

Yesterday I wasted over a half an hour throwing a spinnerbait, then a topwater, then a lizard… and then I tied on a weightless Senko and it was like magic. 10 bass and 3 giant gills the final hour before dark. 

[Brett's_daddy]

Jig, wacky rigged/Texas rigged worm, chatter bait, crankbait, jerk bait, soft fluke, top water (frogs and spooks mostly with a few wake baits thrown in the mix). Hard to pinpoint just 3, take your pick depending on the weather, water clarity and water temperature.

[Bankbeater]

Zoom Finesse Worm.

Jig and craw.

Spinnerbait.

 

[Munkin]

Take into account where someone is from with their advice. Fall fishing is a lot different in Texas than it is in  Michigan.

 

Here in Merryland:

 

Spinnerbaits 

Topwater

Jerkbaits 

 

As it starts to get a little colder finesse jigs. 

 

Allen 

[huZZah]

I’m in Texas and water temp is still 80-85. Lot of trolling cranks 15-20 ft right now for hybrids and such. I don’t have a boat, so for me:

 

Spinners/chatterbaits

trig/wacky worms

jigs (swim and arkie style)

 

I also do a lot of night fishing this time of year. That’s when fish move up shallower to eat I guess. 

[Columbia Craw]

Shallow crankbait

Mid depth crankbait

Deep crankbait

[Tatsu Dave]

On 9/14/2021 at 11:46 AM, Smells like fish said:

Yesterday I wasted over a half an hour throwing a spinnerbait, then a topwater, then a lizard… and then I tied on a weightless Senko and it was like magic. 10 bass and 3 giant gills the final hour before dark. 

Don't you love when a sunfish or crappie manages to choke down a stickbait and hook itself on a 3/0 EWG hook? Amazing, I fish the same plastic baits all year w/ just some color tuning now and again. 

   Stickbaits - senkos/ochos/and true centers

   Crawfish imitators - rage tail craws/bugs/swimming craw tubes

   Worms - curly tail/speed tail/straight (finesse roboworm)

colors change with time of year/water clarity/brightness of day/and what the fish prefer (most important)..........