I started my fall fishing trip at the cabin on Friday and was greeted with tough fishing and only boated 5 bass all day. I spent most of my time focusing on areas that would be considered traditional summer haunts for largemouth and got the cold shoulder.
Saturday I re-thought my plan of attack and fished some of the same areas from Friday and areas like it, but instead I positioned myself so I could put my bait in front of the bass that had already begun their transition to their fall locations. A clue I got at the end of the day on Friday was I caught 3 bass in several minutes on an RC Tackle Finesse Spinnerbait with a double Colorado blade on it.
This spinnerbait and my RC Tackle swim jig proved to be excellent matches to the shad that the bass were beginning to chase to prepare for the long winter ahead.
Searching out areas that had some green vegetation still and deeper water close by was crucial. I also did catch several fish on a Carolina-rig. These fish were located on a point that had deeper water close by as well. My Carolina-rig consisted of a 3/8 oz. Eagle Claw non-lead egg sinker, 2 beads, barrel swivel, followed by a 12 inch Seaguar fluorocarbon leader tied to a 3/0 Eagle Claw extra wide gap hook with a Baby Brush Hog as my bait.
Barely moving my rig with a Quantum Super Lite PT rod and Burner reel spooled with Seaguar fluorocarbon was extremely important to coaxing the highly pressured bass into biting.
Fall fishing means that the summer went by too fast, but by listening to the bites I got and analyzing where and how I caught the bass helped me make this Labor Day a good one!
Nice job Glenn! way to stick a few
Thanks bud. Good luck tomorrow, let me know how it goes.
Good Job Glenn!
We put in on 10 on sat and only had 2 fish by 10:00 so we went up to 9 and found some good numbers, but not much for size, vegetation out produced rocks for us today.