fall bass fishing newbie needs some tips?

[iTzMolemant]

Never fished before in the fall. always just quit around mid august. but this year gonna try it out. What are some good techniques and lures? depths of water? ect.

 

[Fisher_King]

In the Fall, the general forage a Bass consumes is at it's "largest".

For this reason, larger Soft Plastic's, Cranks & Rattle Traps, and 1/2-3/4 OZ Spinnerbait's are a must.

If your in a region with snakes, toads & salamander's now is a perfect time to use larger SP imitation's.

Here are my preferred lures for Fall:

1. 1/2-3/4 OZ Rattle Trap type lures- When the water temp, (and Sun exposure), starts to drop/wane Bass begin eating more to store up calories for Winter. Most "bait-fish forage" at this time is AT LEAST 6-8" long all over the country. When you think of a Bass in the Fall, think "Bear".

What does a Bear do in the Fall?

Eat like a moose until they gorge themselves!

And what is Mr. Bass's favorite food source? Bait-fish!

So any Larger Crank or Rattle Trap is a good "quick" lure to find BIG, active, Bass. In fact, Cranks ,in general, are good "Scouting lures" to find active fish.....

2. Larger Soft Plastic's- 10" Worms, 8" Lizards and 6-8" Swim Bait's- a 10" worm looks like a small snake or BIG leech; the huge lizard looks like a big Salamander & the action of a SP Swim Bait drives them nut's.......nuf said!

3. Spinnerbait's- Spinnerbait's are another baitfish imitation. Make sure to try a variety of blades to see which one works best- (Double Willow-leaf blades most resemble a baitfish school.....hint hint).

Of course there are many other good lures.........but I'd try these first.

Where will you generally FIND these hungry Bass?

Look for main lake point's and deepwater weedbeds.

Hope this helps ITZ? Good luck!

 

[NathanS]

Fall can be difficult because bass are in a transition period from deep summer haunts back into the shallows to feed up for winter. If its still warm in your area start with your drop offs and deepest part of points with crank baits and soft plastics or jigs. If you have already started cooling down as it has in the mountains of NC go shallow. I use a shallow square billed crank bait or Rat-L-Trap as a search bait. I will also go with a Zoom Trick worm Texas rigged in shallow water but Carolina rigged for those points and a jig works well in the shallows. Also in the fall you may find schools of bass chasing bait fish and that would also be a good use for the Rat-L-Trap. I love Fall fishing but it can be a bummer if the fish are back in forth during this transition and you have to chase them. I have some swim baits I have been saving for the shallow fall bite and I am going to wake them right under the surface. I went this morning and caught 2 bass shallow on a shaky head worm in about 3 feet of water.