how to fish for bass in the winter and fall

[microman]

i live in central VA and am new to bass fishing.

what are good tips to fish for bass in the fall and winter

[BassDeaton01]

Go to the fishing articles section, grab some popcorn and sit back and read until your eyes hurt. There is a lot of great information in those articles. They have sections specifically for winter and fall bassin.

[Grey Wolf]

Go to the fishing articles section, grab some popcorn and sit back and read until your eyes hurt. There is a lot of great information in those articles. They have sections specifically for winter and fall bassin.

X2 . Those articles have mucho info.

[Fat-G]

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[broncoboxer]

Quite honestly, those articles have taught me most of what I know about bass fishing.

[NewAngler]

Quite honestly, those articles have taught me most of what I know about bass fishing.

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[BobP]

This time of year, if you simply MUST beat the banks, a jig and pig is hard to beat for quality and a small crankbait for numbers.  If you know how to use sonar, by all means move off the bank into deep water and spoon jig.  It will beat anything when the bass are grouped up on shad schools.  There are lots of ways to catch fish but these are the ones I count on this time of year in SE reservoirs.

[Chris]

A) Points- this is a highway to deep water

channel banks- Shad move into the creeks and the bass load up on the deep side of the creek. If there is flooded timber fish will use it. They will suspend in the trees at different depths depending on the shad or water temp.

C) Lower end of the lake in the coves- You want to find coves that look like a draw or old creek beds. You want the ones that have a good depth change.

D) edge of the flats- you want to target the edge where the drop off is.

E) areas where the deep water is close to shore.

F) Docks- some docks sit in a good depth or are close to a break or channel.

G) Dam- most dams have rip rap and a depth change

H) roadbed- fish use it like a highway to deep water.

These are some of the places they hang out what you use is up to you.

[Catt]

Follow the bait fish from the main lake to the back of creeks

[Rebel Angler]

the articles on BR are the only reason I know anything at all about fishing.

I print alot of stuff off an highlight the most important stuff an keep it in a 3 ring binder. Works for me!

[Garry2Rs]

1.- Fish the last remaining green weeds.

2.- The first drop on the lake side of large flats

3.- Look for Shad in the backs of creeks etc.

4.- Fish the first major drop from shore and any Secondary Points in large bays.

5.- Watch for fish eating birds, like Grebes, that are diving.  They will be on schools of Shad...Bass will be underneath those same schools.

Good Luck

Garry2R's

[Bass_Akwards]

try a croppy jig

[Crestliner2008]

Surprisingly, around here anyway, the river water is still at around 42 degrees. We are still catching smallies on hard jerks, as well as tubes. And, we are catching them in <10' of water!

Every body of water has it's own personality. You have spend time on it to figure out what the fish are doing and what they want. Nothing is ever cast in stone when it comes to fishing. Hense...that's why it's called "fishing"!

[Chris]

here is a hint

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1129970015/45

[Pez]

Quite honestly, those articles have taught me most of what I know about bass fishing.

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