| This is one of my favorite times of year to | | | | Especially early fall when the water the high |
| fish for bass. Why? Well, the water | | | | 70's-low 80's range. While you can use a |
| temperatures are cooling off, the bass are | | | | buzzbait anytime the water temps are 50+, I |
| coming back in the shallows and I have hooked | | | | prefer these temperature a little higher. |
| a lot of damn nice bass in the fall. | | | | |
| | | | Know what a prop bait looks like? You know, |
| We all know during the summer when the water | | | | the ones with a propellor on one end or both |
| gets hot, bass are less likely to be in the | | | | ends. I have had excellent success with these |
| shallows except in the early morning and | | | | in the fall. Matter of fact, when I was a |
| toward evening. The same isn't true in the | | | | kid, I caught the biggest bass of my life. My |
| fall. Once the water temperatures drop, the | | | | brother had caught a carp and my bass was a |
| bass can be in shallow water any time of day. | | | | lot bigger than his carp. My dad who was in |
| This makes for a little easier fishing. | | | | his 70's at the time said it was the biggest |
| | | | bass he had ever seen. Of course, no one |
| This is also one of my favorite times to use | | | | cared to weight it, but they did take the |
| topwater lures. I use big topwater lures in | | | | time to eat it and even then it bothered me |
| the fall and have caught some really nice | | | | for them to eat a bass and I wasn't even a |
| fish. One of my favorites to use is the | | | | teenage yet. |
| Meadow Mouse. While they don't manufacture | | | | |
| this lure anymore, I did get a couple of them | | | | I use these prop baits a little different |
| on eBay at a pretty good price. If you have | | | | than most people and again, if you get my |
| been reading this blog, you'll know why I | | | | newsletter, you know what I'm talking about. |
| paid so much for them. If not, look in the | | | | I have my own technique for topwater lures. |
| archives of this blog. | | | | When you do fish topwater, fish the lure |
| | | | slower than usual, especially when the water |
| One of the biggest fish I have ever hooked in | | | | temps gets below 70 or less. |
| Ohio was in the fall on topwater. I know it | | | | |
| had to be over 10 pounds. Since, I have a 12 | | | | If you're one of those people who slow down |
| pound 14 ounce on my wall, I know what a 10 | | | | you're fishing because it's fall, you are |
| pound bass looks like. While a 10 pounded is | | | | missing out on some of the best fishing of |
| more common in Florida, one this size is Ohio | | | | the year. Believe me! |
| is pretty rare in comparison. | | | | |
| | | | This article is taken from my "Bass |
| I like to use a buzzbait in the fall too. | | | | Fishing-From Cast to Catch"-ebook. |