| The answer to the question is fall bass | | | | attraction for the bass to make their move. I |
| fishing good or bad is that fall bass fishing | | | | make this point regarding shad because they |
| is great. There are two times a year when | | | | are still the main forage bait for bass in |
| bass fishing is at its best and that is early | | | | most major reservoirs during the two earliest |
| spring when bass are in the pre-spawn stage | | | | phases of fall. Because of this very fact, |
| and fall. The spawn is past but soon cold | | | | crank baits are particularly lethal for |
| fronts will begin to make there way through | | | | finding schools of bass in the early and |
| and temperatures will begin to drop creating | | | | mid-fall periods. Since the schools are |
| conditions favorable for bass fishing. | | | | working on shad, this should also tell you |
| | | | that the bait color most productive will be |
| Cooler water temperatures usually means more | | | | silver chrome, bone, or white. |
| oxygen in the water which leads to more | | | | |
| activity which in turn means the bass will | | | | Look for structure both below water and |
| feed more. They will strike just about | | | | protruding above water. Top water baits are |
| anything you throw at them but as with any | | | | also ideal lures to work in the fall periods. |
| body of water you will have to experiment | | | | Not only can they be fished near banks and |
| some to find out what works best. | | | | vegetation but the can be fished effectively |
| | | | over deep water structures. |
| As I mentioned before cooler water will make | | | | |
| the bass more active so you should look for | | | | The buzzwords for fall bass fishing is |
| areas where shallow water is close to deeper | | | | shallow and structure. As the water |
| areas The impact of the cooling effects of | | | | temperature cools you will find more bass |
| the longer nights trigger bass in many lakes | | | | schooling in the shallow water and they are |
| to begin a shift or migration. This movement | | | | more likely to be near structure where they |
| is toward the back of coves, up creeks, or to | | | | can ambush their prey. |
| a shallower staging area. The shad also tend | | | | |
| to make similar shifts at this time that | | | | Doug Burns has been an avid angler for 35 |
| probably plays a large role as an additional | | | | years. |