Fishing the Texas Rig in Fall

[Glenn]

Pro bass fisherman Kyle Welcher tells you how he fishes a T-Rigged creature bait during the fall.  Some good tips in here guys!

 

 

[Catt]

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[FryDog62]

I agree with his statement about Fall fishing. Rarely have I ever found them "stacked" in high numbers. Just the other day I caught 2 of the bigger largemouth of the year on back-to-back casts and then didn't get another bite for almost 90 minutes. That's typical Fall fishing for me. Makes sense to utilize a Texas rig around the remaining green weeds though.

[T-Billy]

This has been my fall experience as well. Water here just hit 60 surface temp. I put a beat'n on 'em yesterday pitching treetops choked with dead milfoil in 3' or less of water. Storms rolled through last night and shut that down. Picked up a few this morning on a redeye shad fishing windblown rip rap, but the bite was really tough. That's fall though. It's often feast or famine, for me anyhow.

As the water cools it becomes more and more about those bite windows as well. Often in cold water I'll grind all day and catch the majority in a short period.

The T-Rig is always a key player when they're on shallow wood as they often are in the fall. I'll put a T-Rig with a flippin hook into places I wouldn't even think about throwing a jig. My Tharp King Cobra has really been carrying the load lately and will continue to as the water falls clear through the 40's. Best all around flippin & pitchin stick I've ever had.

 

[LrgmouthShad]

33 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

This has been my fall experience as well. Water here just hit 60 surface temp.

58-60 degrees here, so same same roughly. Yeah, it was alright fishing yesterday but nothing crazy. They weren't committing to much very well. I still feel like as the water gets colder and colder, my chances of catching a big one go up. So I stick through it.

 

Good video!

[ajschn06]

FYI- this is the intro to your article about fishing a T-Rig Creature...

 

"The Texas rigged worm is one of the best kept secrets for bass fishing in Fall. This how-to video explains how to fish Texas rigged worms to catch more fish during the Fall season"

 

I only point it out because to me, a worm is unique choice for fall compared to summer- but the article isn't about a worm at all....

[T-Billy]

14 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

58-60 degrees here, so same same roughly. Yeah, it was alright fishing yesterday but nothing crazy. They weren't committing to much very well. I still feel like as the water gets colder and colder, my chances of catching a big one go up. So I stick through it.

 

Good video!

There's a common theme through most of my pics with 5+ pounders. I'm either bundled up or it's dark. Chances for a big'n definitely go up as the water cools.

The bite was weird here yesterday too. Really subtle bites, and they were buried up in the thick stuff, but there were lots of 'em shallow. Only a couple hit on the initial fall. Most grabbed it after I stroked it up to the bottom of the mat a few times. I was pitching a T-Rigged 3.5 beaver type bait. Couldn't buy a bite doing anything else. 

[Catt]

Texas Rigged plastics & Jig-n-Craw tied on 24/7/365!

 

The #1 & #2 most productive lures, in whichever order you wanna put em.

 

Why would you not have em tied on?

 

Doesn't mean throw nothing else but there better be a portion of your day dedicated to em!

[scaleface]

I have tapped into huge schools during the fall . In the backs of creeks and on points .

[Craig P]

I enjoyed that video because the fall-acy  of bass chasing schools of bait just doesn’t seem to happen on my local highland reservoir. Problem is though, they draw down mid-October when water temps are still 65 degrees and there is very little wood left to fish.  There is some grass but it is far and few between and I can say with certainty yesterday, they are not there.  I’m not even finding them in deep structure right now and that is always my bread and butter. I am at a complete loss, are they chasing bait somewhere on the lake that I am not?  Who knows for certain…..

[GReb]

1 hour ago, scaleface said:

I have tapped into huge schools during the fall . In the backs of creeks and on points .

Same. Caught 20+ from an area the size of a Mini Cooper 2 weeks ago. They were scattered this weekend though. 

[TcRoc]

1 rig is always a Trig for me.. always . 

[CrashVector]

I'm a soft plastics/finesse fisherman 99% of the time year 'round.

 

In the fall, I've found them to be a bit "scattered", but will occasionally find them stacked up.

 

My go-to is a green pumpkin goby big TRD with a 3/16th weight glued to the bottom, and a 1/0 worm hook on the other end.

 

If there are fish there, they'll bite it 90% of the time in my experience.  They just can't seem to stand it the way it stands upright and wriggles.

[txchaser]

@Glenn I'm digging the videos from new people, brings a different perspective on similar problems or situations.

[Glenn]

Thanks!  That was my intent.