Favorite part of fall fishing

[gim]

How about it, what's the best aspect of fall fishing?  Mine's the cooler air and water temps.  Even if the fishing isn't necessarily better or worse.  The scalding heat of summer is behind us and the mornings are cool and crisp.  Daytime highs are much more tolerable and comfortable.

 

And there's far less people on the water!

 

What do you enjoy most about fishing in the fall?

[LrgmouthShad]

Yeah, same. Lower temps and fewer people on water

[flatcreek]

The comfort and the changing scenery of the Fall season is such a relief. The fish are generally smaller in size but that’s to be expected. I just enjoy being out there fishing in the fall.

[Catt]

33 minutes ago, gimruis said:

How about it, what's the best aspect of fall fishing?

 

It ain't 107° with heat indexes around 115°!

[casts_by_fly]

[Pat Brown]

Numbers and size on belligerent topwater lures from sun up til sun down.  ????

[Mobasser]

I love the cooler temps and nice scenery.

[GreenPig]

The trees are pretty, the cooler temps are definitely welcomed, but the big swimbait bite my favorite part of Fall.

[LrgmouthShad]

15 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

I love the cooler temps and nice scenery.

Fall in central Missouri was GORGEOUS

[Columbia Craw]

Sleeping later.

[papajoe222]

Those back to back to back catches of 3lb.+ fish that only happen this time of year.  That and how a pattern seems to produce all day. 

[GRiver]

Fall really hasn’t started for us yet, I did notice it was a little cooler one morning. When does get here, it actually gets a little more crowded here. But that’s ok, a lot of them are my friends. So we catch up when we run in to one another on the water. 
I do enjoy the cooler mornings though, the fish bite a little longer too. The bite doesn’t turn off until 12:00 or 1:00 instead of 10:00 or 11:00. 
The fall migration of the animals is always nice to see, and what trees that are seasonal here turn too.

It’s all good.

 

 

[Woody B]

I enjoy fall when the crowds finally start to thin out.   My little boat gets rocked by other boats waves, especially wake boat waves.   When the lake is really crowded I won't fish off shore structure due to boat traffic.  The combination of wake boats, jet skis, pontoons and 80 mph bass boats all over the place makes me wary of spot locking off shore. 

[BigAngus752]

7 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

Those back to back to back catches of 3lb.+ fish that only happen this time of year.  That and how a pattern seems to produce all day. 

Nailed it.  It's the only time of year that I leave fish.  I can go back and forth between the same 2 coves for 6 or 7 hours and catch bass non-stop with just two rods on deck.  I finally leave when I'm worn out.  Of course, we aren't anywhere close to "fall fishing" here yet.  Water temps are a little above 70.  Fall fishing doesn't start until the water is close to 50. 

[T-Billy]

Weather, more elbow room on the water, and a higher potential for a BIG bite.

[Bird]

Relief from the heat would be #1 for sure and not having to get up at 3 am to beat the heat.

[thediscochef]

It's very nice to be able to stay out past 10am and not feel as though I am evaporating 

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, Woody B said:

I enjoy fall when the crowds finally start to thin out.   My little boat gets rocked by other boats waves, especially wake boat waves.   When the lake is really crowded I won't fish off shore structure due to boat traffic.  The combination of wake boats, jet skis, pontoons and 80 mph bass boats all over the place makes me wary of spot locking off shore. 

 

Woody, you catch so many fish already at your raceway. I'd love to see what you could catch if everyone wasn't in such a hurry.

 

In Maine, knowing that the ice and snow are coming, I treasure the last casts and the last bass. Perhaps surprisingly, there are moments when I don't cast, when I lay the rod in front of me, and just witness. I really listen to the geese, feel the canoe rocking beneath me, smell the musky sweetness of the decaying leaves, and am grateful for the crimsoned maple trees. Being an old woman with far fewer fishing days ahead than behind, my wistful witnessing matters more than ever.

[ironbjorn]

It's prettier outside, and there might be a couple few days where the fishing is lights out, but that's it. The fishing on average isn't any better or worse than summer, and I don't like not being able to get up in the morning to go fishing and only needing to throw on some basketball shorts and a t-shirt. More clothing is required. Fall is the Earth's yearly terminal diagnosis. It only has a couple more months to live before winter brings its yearly death, and we are soon stuck inside, the water locked up with ice, waiting for months to get back out there. I don't enjoy it. Summer all the way for me.

[Dwight Hottle]

It has always been the change in seasons accompanied with the beautiful fall colors. 

[scaleface]

Weather wise fall is my favorite . Fishing wise, some lakes are down right awful and others great. I like  smaller lakes in the fall . The entire thing can be fished and often results in some big fish.

[Swamp Girl]

5 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

Fall is the Earth's yearly terminal diagnosis. It only has a couple more months to live before winter brings its yearly death

 

You are a truthspeaker.

 

5 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

I don't like not being able to get up in the morning to go fishing and only needing to throw on some basketball shorts and a t-shirt.

 

I too miss the simplicity of summer fishing and able to fish at 4:00 a.m. I also miss the safety of summer fishing. I'm always a little on edge in the fall, wondering if I can make it to shore if I tip. 

[TnRiver46]

Listening to football while fishing 

 

The hickories that hang over the dock 

 

 

And the brown fish 

 

[A-Jay]

What's not to like  . . . 

A-Jay

[Mobasser]

I've tried every year to make a trip to our Ozark area in the fall here in Missouri. The rolling hills are a blast of fall colors, and it's beautiful down there.I like Table Rock lake, but all can be good for fishing.